Picture of the Day: Ruined Potato Harvest

Discarded potatoes
Discarded potatoesPotatoes are left to rot in Gangneung, Gangwon Province, on July 9, 2020, as farmers gave up harvesting them after the fields were inundated by rainfall of more than 200 millimeters in the region in recent days. (Yonhap) 
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setnaffa
setnaffa
4 years ago

Why does rain spoil the crops?

setnaffa
setnaffa
4 years ago

Found the answer: they rot if the roots can’t breathe.

https://spudsmart.com/potatoes-water-management-deluge-drought/

liz
liz
4 years ago

Interesting link, setnaffa. I had no idea potatoes were so finicky.

ChickenHead
ChickenHead
4 years ago

Potatoes die if the roots can’t breathe?

Obviously we need to defund clouds.

setnaffa
setnaffa
4 years ago

CH, are you suggesting Monsoons are raci-, er, um, ah, I mean, not “woke”?

setnaffa
setnaffa
4 years ago

Liz, yes, I had no idea; but it does explain a lot…

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