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Can anyone tell me what's going on with my potatoe plants leaves. They are beginning to turn yellow around the base of the plants closest to the soils. They are in 5 gallon buckets with lots of drainage holes. I water them every other day or sometimes every 3 days. They've been growing fine until recently. I have one tatter per bucket. There are not bugs or anything on the leaves. My poor babies.😢 They have been growing about 2 months.
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If it's only the oldest leaves then it's likely nothing to worry about and nothing is wrong. Each leaf doesn't last the life of the plant, and older leaves eventually die.
Also, if they're a first early variety then, depending on how warm you've been keeping the plants, they may well be nearly ready now, anyway. First earlies take around 10 weeks from planting to mature. When they are fully mature, the whole plant will turn yellow and die back, although they can be picked before that.
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