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Watch for rots at lifting

Wet weather at lifting can lead to extensive potato rots, so take care with storage conditions.

Tubers lifted wet  need to be positively ventilated in store and store temperatures reduced to reduce the risk of wet bacterial rots developing.

Tubers lifted in dry conditions may be dry cured  to help  heal damage to the skins caused at lifting. This minimise diseases which may infect tubers via damage and  develop during storage.