potato blight?

[Ruud]

Hi

Could you guys please take a look at theses pictures of my potato plant and tell me if i have anything to worry about.

thanks

[Nicos]

Nope- it's not!


Perfect timing though for me to add this link to a previous thread Sarz created last year- you'll find it interesting reading!

http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...ght_33866.html

[OllieMartin]

Nope not blight. Not sure what it is though. Looks like different issues on both leaves.
The first one looks like sun scald, but I wasn't aware potatoes suffered from that.

[maytreefrannie]

Has anyone heard of compost tea as a preventative for potato blight?

I read this recently, I guess it's added in small quantity to water - would love to know if anyone has tried this, or even heard of someone who did!

[gojiberry]

To early for blight I would say, it doesn't usually appear untill after the first earlies have been harvested. Still with all the erratic weather patters of recent nothing is impossible. the only thing I have heard of as a blight preventative is copper based and I am certain that tea doesnot contain copper. Still Maytreefannie I am quite happy for you to prove me wrong as I don't believe in using chemicals.

Ian

[rustylady]

No, it doesn't look like blight. Where are they growing??

[OllieMartin]

Apparenlty nettles contain copper...and everything else...so perhaps nettle tea might help wth blight!

Spring has finally arrived, and you are enjoying a lovely walk along the creek. Suddenly, something stings your ankle! No, its not a wasp, its the stinging nettle plant, known to botanists as Urtica dioica. But before you curse this common weed, you should know that it is one of the most nutrient dense foods available. Nettle greens are a rich source of calcium, magnesium, zinc, iron, cobalt, copper, potassium, trace minerals, chlorophyll, the B-complex vitamins, and more.