Blight alert !!!! *********

ukbill69

Yes I have them on most of my potatoe leaves in East Herts.

angelavdavis

Update: My early potatoes seem OK (fingers crossed).

We dug up some red heritage varieties (not seed potatoes but eating tubers which we bought from Borough Market) and some whites today - all OK - no sign of blight.

We dug these up because the haulms were collapsed. Some of these had freckles on them, but clearly it wasn't blight as we had feared.

We have left the others for the time being.

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I sprayed the potatoes with bordeaux yesterday, we had a full smith period a few days ago. I also noticed that various other veg and flower plants are mildew-ed so it`ll only take a day of rain. I am collecting tomato fruits when ever I see a pink blush and have a great mix of very ripe and under ripe fruits indoors, I am hedging my bets as an allotment neighbour suddenly lost all her tomato plants last year

STOCKWIRE

kittie wrote: »

I sprayed the potatoes with bordeaux yesterday, we had a full smith period a few days ago. I also noticed that various other veg and flower plants are mildew-ed so it`ll only take a day of rain. I am collecting tomato fruits when ever I see a pink blush and have a great mix of very ripe and under ripe fruits indoors, I am hedging my bets as an allotment neighbour suddenly lost all her tomato plants last year

That's why all my potatoes are up (second earlies and mains) dried and stored. If I leave them in any later than the second week in July, if the blight doesn't get them the slugs do !. Good idea to keep an eye on your onions as well. When blight is around it is also ideal conditions for viruses that attack them making them unsuitable for storage ! .

annie123

Just had blight alert text, I'm in south east london.

geoffky

a lot of the tomatoes look more like water damage than blight..keep the water away from them...