Is It Blight?

[redser]

Was up at the plot this evening. Thought my spuds were doing great but suddenly there was a big gap down one end of the bed. Looked in closer and I've definately got blight. Gutted. The higher up leaves look good but down around the base it's carnage on the leaves and stems. I have Mayan Gold and Roosters. The Roosters are affected but the MG are fine so far. They've both been in only 12 weeks, do you think there is any chance for ANY sort of crop from the roosters? The MG only need a few more weeks so I'm hopeful for them. I removed as much of the damaged material as I could. Thanks

[Marge]

I also found blight in some of my potatoes; most of the first earlies and all of the second earlies. I am hopeful for the main crop.

Still I did manage to harvest enough 'new' potatoes for my dinner

[VirginVegGrower]

Noticed that some of my tattie leaves are yellowing the same as some of my toms so did a bit of hunting ..found this site with pictures and it looks like magnesium deficiency again........From what I've read the heavy rain has battered the soil making it hard for the plants to take up the mineral. Guess the tatties will be having an epsom salt spray as well.
Color Pictures of Mineral Deficiencies in Potato Plants

Thanks Bins - it's so damned difficult to tell. I feel like a tomato murderer this morning

[binley100]

I think we're all so paranoid about blight we don't stop to consider anything else.........root some armpits and you'll feel better ...

[VirginVegGrower]

I think we're all so paranoid about blight we don't stop to consider anything else.........root some armpits and you'll feel better ...

I've killed those too

[binley100]

There'll be more coming along soon ..........or have you massacred the whole tomato community ?

[VirginVegGrower]

There'll be more coming along soon ..........or have you massacred the whole tomato community ?

Not yet. I was under the influence of anesthesia still I think. At least that's my defence and...

[FlawlessVictory]

Shameless bump, does anybody know if I do have blight or a magnesium deficiency I've bought some anti fungal spray and some epsom salts will this be enough? Cheers

[binley100]

Doesn't look like blight to me ..........you'd know it'd be black and yucky and would be on the stems .....

[Ja9]

Thank you Sarah.. I am now hopeful that the sad looking yellowing leaves at the bottom of some of my potatoes haven't succumbed to blight after all!
When will this rain stop.......?!

[VirginVegGrower]

Blight has reached my allotment potatoes - am gutted. All earlies dug up. All maincrop haulms cut off and what I've got in the next two weeks is it. All that effort for naff all. I hate this weather. My next door neighbour who is only growing potatoes this year. His allotment is full of beautiful green foliage and flowers that are almost waist high. Mine barely got to a foot high. The only difference is he used cow muck...sigh.

[SarzWix]

I came to the conclusion a few years ago that it's only worth growing spuds if I include a large proportion of blight resistant varieties like the Sarpo types. If all else fails, they've always remained standing.

I dug my Desiree up last week because they were still only 6 inches high! No sign of blight, but it was inevitable that they'd have been hit long before I got a crop from them, so I cut my losses and filled the bed with bought in brassica plants!

What a sh** year it's been so far!

[VirginVegGrower]

I came to the conclusion a few years ago that it's only worth growing spuds if I include a large proportion of blight resistant varieties like the Sarpo types. If all else fails, they've always remained standing.

I dug my Desiree up last week because they were still only 6 inches high! No sign of blight, but it was inevitable that they'd have been hit long before I got a crop from them, so I cut my losses and filled the bed with bought in brassica plants!

What a sh** year it's been so far!

I know it's of no consolation to you, but somehow you've made me feel a little better, knowing it's not just me. Have you got that polytunnel yet? If I could afford it, I would have a bank of them in my garden and give the lotty up I feel we are set to have many more "pants" summers.

[kentvegplot]

After feeling very smug about the earlies last week, I am pretty sure it's blight on my no-dig main crops. Hey ho. Time to clear the foliage and then fingers crossed for a crop.

[Sarico]

i'm worry for my tomatoes... my neighbor has some tomatoes plants and i never really saw him do anything (in fact he told me that he doesn't use the front garden so he decided to plant some veg in it) and this tomatoes have a very purple black fade on leaves... i think is blight.. now if he doesn't do anything about ( you know what i mean like destroy the leaves or the plant) will my plant at risk?
so far i only found 1 leaf that looked like blight so i chopped it off. so what can i do? this neighbor is very strange man ( he drink and i suspect somethin more by the look) so go there and tell him to do something about his plant is not a good advice...