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Strange growths on my potatoes' stems

plummetplummet Posts: 6
in Fruit & veg
We have been harvesting potatoes (Sarpo Mira) and we saw a few strange growths on the stems.   Have you any idea what they are?  They are not the green tomato like "fruit" -  there were some of those, this thing is very different.
Could it be some sort of gall caused by an insect?

Plummet

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Sometimes potatoes grow on the stems above ground as well as below.  Sarpo mira is a red potato ... I think this is a potato with enlarged lenticels. It has developed a vivid colour because it has had more light.  

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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