Saving spuds for seed from blighted plants

[redser]

hi,
Got blight, cut back halums, left the spuds in the ground for a couple of weeks and have dug up whatever was there. I want to keep some for seed for next year 'if possible'. If the spuds got infected should I expect to see them rot or some other sign before next year? Or can they store ok but still have blight and be bad to use?
Thanks

[zazen999]

Big no from me - sorry.

I usually get potatoes growing from others left in the ground that weren't dug up. But if I knew I'd had blight the year before I'd be pulling them up. If I know I haven't had blight the year before, I leave them.

I'd definitely not keep knowingly blighted spuds for next year's seeds potatoes.

[Two_Sheds]

Blight survives on living plant tissue (spuds left in the ground, for example)


Blighted tubers will turn black, slimy and stinking ... it's very obvious

[redser]

Thanks a lot. I'll just eat them so