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Anyone given in to temptation and dug up their new potatoes yet? It's soooooo hard waiting.

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Permalink Reply by Darren Blick on June 5, 2012 at 18:14

To both Catherine and Debbie

They are both fantastic crops so early

Maybe I should be coming to you two for my advice on spuds

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Permalink Reply by Catherine on June 5, 2012 at 19:58

L O L ...Darren....We just hope our first 2 rows outside have not been hit with blight, we sprayed them about 2 weeks ago when there was an alert, but they look as if they have spots!!!!!!

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Permalink Reply by Darren Blick on June 5, 2012 at 20:06

If you are sure it is blight, cut it off as high up as you think is needed. If you have blight, it will travel down into the tubers but cutting it off, will save what you do have, rather than lose it totally
If you can save the majority of the stems, then you may be lucky to still have enough plant to keep growing

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Permalink Reply by Catherine on June 5, 2012 at 21:38

Thanks Darren. I have been cutting off any affected leaves that I see, some are down low and some up top..!

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Permalink Reply by Debbie on June 8, 2012 at 22:12

And today I dug up the first Charlotte's and can hardly wait to eat some tomorrow they look so fresh and creamy yum yum

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Permalink Reply by Catherine on June 8, 2012 at 22:29

Congrats Debbie, I bet you can't wait :)

Darren, here is a pic of my spud leaves, can you tell from this if it is blight or a virus?

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Permalink Reply by Catherine on June 9, 2012 at 20:40

Please, Darren..is this blight??

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Permalink Reply by Colin Robinson on June 9, 2012 at 22:13

Catherine, are the potatoes growing in open ground or in some sort of container. It looks like it could be magnesium deficiency, more common in pot grown plants. There are also several potato mosaic viruses which can give a similar appearance.

With blight you will often find white fungal spots on the underside of the leaves.

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Permalink Reply by Catherine on June 9, 2012 at 22:54

They are outside. Colin.Would be delighted if it was not blight!!

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Permalink Reply by Catherine on June 10, 2012 at 19:18

I have looked under the leaves and cannot see any white spots.....Is this a good sign? Hubby gently forked under stalks today too and the little spuds look ok..!
Colin Robinson said:

Catherine, are the potatoes growing in open ground or in some sort of container. It looks like it could be magnesium deficiency, more common in pot grown plants. There are also several potato mosaic viruses which can give a similar appearance.

With blight you will often find white fungal spots on the underside of the leaves.

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Permalink Reply by Debbie on June 10, 2012 at 22:14

Catherine if you look on Google images and compare your photo you'll see that it could be the beginnings of blight. If you remove the foliage you should still get a crop, but do take local advice before you take action just in case it's something less harmful.