Not sure what's got my spuds?

[pickledtink]

I've not bothered with potatoes apart from a few shop bought bunged in a bucket occasionally. Never had any problems.
This year in the new garden I used large containers for proper seed pots, earlies, second earlies and maincrop. The earlies were doing fine then suddenly looked like the slugs had got at them or something.
I moved them but they just never seemed to recover. I noticed some little black spots on quite a few of the leaves and removed them. Also after loads of research online thought it was the dreaded blight. They've never even flowered so I thought that was that and I should ditch them but when I shoved a trowel in to see if there was anything at all I found a small perfectly fine looking potato.
Having read the blight thread on here I'm now not sure. If it is blight I know I shouldn't add the soil to my compost heap. What to do, what to do?

[shirlthegirl43]

Long time no see! Welcome back.

Can you post a pic of your spud foliage to help us diagnose your problem?

[NOG]

It sounds more like the leaves got frosted. That would make them curl up like they were burned.

You moved them...thats a new one...when?...if it was a few months ago angin sounds like frost.

Its it too early for them to be flowering unless you put them in very early.

Blight or not you should never compost Tomato or Potato plants.

Are you growing them in Pots? if so I would compost the soil if not leave it.

[Two_Sheds]

Blight in May?
Not on your nelly

[pickledtink]

Thanks folks. Nice to be remembered Shirl!
Moved the containers ( assorted oddities) as I remembered where I'd put the earlies got nasty blight on a load of splendid tom plants last Autumn.
Leaves with black spots all removed and some stems definitely not going to grow anything but a few are producing tidgy new leaves. we turned one bucket out to see and got a couple of pounds I guess of decent nice little spuds but nothing like I'd hoped for. Still better than nothing. So far the non earlies seem to be doing fine.
I must try and get the size thing for pics figured out. I'd love to show the difference between the blank spot I moved into 11 months back and what it's looking like now.

[Paulottie]

Blight in May?
Not on your nelly

Not entirely true, we had an early form of blight starting to show at the end of May two years ago. Admittedly you are further Northeast. Then last year I had to wait till August for everything to start rotting.

However that said I doubt it is blight, Unless it persisted in compost or soil.

[NewToTheGame]

Similar problem

Hello

I have a similar problem in I've made (rather than buy) two 'tubes' for my potatoes so I can earth them up easily. One has Charlottes in and the other Roosters. Everything seemed to be going swimmingly but just recently it looks like some of the stems in the Charlotte tube have been attacked by something. I have attached a couple of pictures to show. They have gone all droopy and I don't know what's caused it, I'm thinking maybe slugs? More importantly I don't know what to do about it!! Do I cut the affected stems off? Leave them? Any advice would be greatly appreciated

[Two_Sheds]

on the stalk ... that looks like slug/snail damage.
they'll be fine.

[NewToTheGame]

Phew, thanks very much Two Sheds!!!