Poorly potatoes

[mrbadexample]

Any ideas please? I'm hoping it's not blight, obviously.

Better / more specific photos available on request.



Thanks,
MBE

[ESBkevin]

They look well tended from those pics.
Some questions for you:

Are they in compost brought onto site and could it contain and horse/cow manure?
Are they or have they been really dry (I know, hard to believe this summer).

The right hand picture you have shows the plant well developed, so I'm more inclined to think they are about mature. How long have they been in the ground?

[Snoop Puss]

I see you've been a member here since 2011, so I guess you've got some experience of growing potatoes.
But I agree with ESBkevin. Doesn't look light blight to me. Are they maybe earlies? Have you had a furtle to see what the tatties are like?

[nickdub]

Look OK to me too - soil looks a bit dry, so perhaps would benefit from a good watering.

[mrbadexample]

These are 6 earlies and 6 maincrop. I've been eating the earlies for a few weeks now. It has been pretty dry over the last week (I'm a really good drench once a week waterer), which I've done tonight. They could have been suffering from that I suppose.

I pulled at one of the maincrop haulms which just came away in my hand. It was soft at the bottom. I don't think it's blackleg - I've had that before growing in bags at the old house. I didn't check the tubers. The earlies have flowered, but if the maincrop have, I didn't notice.

I've dug up some more of the earlies tonight for tea, some of which are a bit gooey in the middle.

[mrbadexample]

They look well tended from those pics.
Some questions for you:

Are they in compost brought onto site and could it contain and horse/cow manure?
Are they or have they been really dry (I know, hard to believe this summer).

The right hand picture you have shows the plant well developed, so I'm more inclined to think they are about mature. How long have they been in the ground?

They went in on or around St Patrick's Day, and I think I did put some horse manure on this bed sometime over the winter. I've been using grass clippings as a mulch.