Blight

[moggssue]

Sorry - when you all say 'early' just how early do you mean? I have Pentland Javelin and Cara patiently waiting to be planted ...

And I'm confused about the whole tomatos and potatoes together or apart thing as well?! I was going to keep them separate ('ish') to try to lessen the risk of infecting each other?

[momol]

Sorry - when you all say 'early' just how early do you mean? I have Pentland Javelin and Cara patiently waiting to be planted ...

And I'm confused about the whole tomatos and potatoes together or apart thing as well?! I was going to keep them separate ('ish') to try to lessen the risk of infecting each other?

Sue,

Early spud need around 12 weeks growing but I got no idea about your spud
category.
I haven't done crop rotations that long yet (my 2nd year) I group the potatoes and tomatoes growing thing in same group (but,the potatoes are always grown in pots and their location are further from the toms because they share the same fungus:Phytopthera).

Have a look at this link, it is about spuds blight :
Late blight

[The Doctor]

Sue,

My Pentland Jav's say they go in in March and come out in June/July.

[starwatcher]

Gonna try these blight busters myself lets hope they taste ok

[moggssue]

Thanks Momol and Doc - I'll have to be patient a little longer then!!

And thanks for the link Momol - its bad enough being up against the weather never mind all sorts of other baddies as well!!

[roitelet]

You might find this interesting. French seed spuds all come with information on the length of time from planting to harvesting.

The ones I grew (and lost to blight) last year were:-

Armandine Early 75 days for New Potatoes 100 days for storing for 5 months

Monalisa Semi early 85 days for New Potatoes 115 days for storing

Charlotte Semi Early 90 days for New Potatoes 110 Days for storing 6

Pompador Semi late 130 days for first use 150 days for storing

This year its going to be Armandine, Bernadette, hopefully resistant to blight and Charlotte if I have room, and they are going in EARLY.

[momol]

Thanks Momol and Doc - I'll have to be patient a little longer then!!

And thanks for the link Momol - its bad enough being up against the weather never mind all sorts of other baddies as well!!

Has edited my reply, it was 12 weeks not 120 days sorry