Blight alert!!!

[Nicos]

Just has a Full Smith Period for postal area Area: PO1

Have a look and register for your post code if you are concerned!

Tis VERY early this year

Blightwatch.co.uk - the essential service for professional potato growers

[fishpond]

Many Thanks for the info.

[mandyballantyne]

Very early!

Thanks for the warning Nico's

[roitelet]

OMG not all that far from us and my spuds are only just showing!!!!!

[veggiechicken]

The only UK incident seems to be at NR11.................

[Nicos]

PO1 is Portsmouth I think isn't it??

[Tadpole123]

I had a near miss yesterday but there are always single days from early may onwards for me.
And their map, which I can't find on their website for some reason tonight, only shows the areas where farms are near.
For example there are no commercial farms in London so my smith period and confirmed blight after aren't shown on their maps.
I phoned them up years ago and asked why when I had had a text warning from them and blight had struck wasn't it on their map to warn others and the above was their reply.

[Two_Sheds]

Everybody calm down, and start reading about Smith Periods.

"Smith Periods are only an aid to decision support and do not in themselves always indicate the need for immediate application of a fungicide. "

Blightwatch.co.uk - the essential service for professional potato growers

[Nicos]

Forewarned n all that eh?

[Bill HH]

When a blight outbreak occurs I think there is justification to immediately nuke it and a five mile area around it, except for Devon as this is an important tourist area. You have to be cruel to be kind after all.

[Richard Eldritch]

New interest in using Asprin as a blight "vaccine" 400- 500 mg dissolved in 4.5 litres of water and sprayed twice a month BEFORE the blight hits, seems to offer some protection in members of the nightshade family ( Tats and Toms) I think I'll try this, this year. I'm only growing earlie spuds myself but I've got some plum tomatoes outside that I may as well experiment on.

Trouble in the vegetable patch? Break out the aspirin - it nips pesky blights in the bud - Science - News - The Independent

[Martin H]

Aspirin, eh. Nice idea, I will definitely try this on my outdoor tomatoes before I plant them out. Question is, should I leave any untreated as controls?

[Bill HH]

Aspirin, eh. Nice idea, I will definitely try this on my outdoor tomatoes before I plant them out. Question is, should I leave any untreated as controls?

Yeah go on be a devil.

[Richard Eldritch]

Aspirin, eh. Nice idea, I will definitely try this on my outdoor tomatoes before I plant them out. Question is, should I leave any untreated as controls?

Tricky,I've only got four Plum Tomato plants. I do have some garden pearl as a back up ( they don't seems to get blight , not sure why) but I think the same strain should be used. Sod it, I'll keep one Plumtom asprin free and see. It'll be a laugh.....