late blight on my Christmas potatoes??

[perkin]

First time growing potatoes at this time of year - and worried that I'll need to chuck them all.. Seems to be affecting the plants in pots/containers but not the row I have in a raised bed.
Is this the dreaded late blight?

[scarletrunner]

Blight ruined mine last year,so grown in containers under cover this year.

[Nicos]

Hmmm...I'd be thinking that's blight too perkin

There are other fungal probs causing similar 'early' symptoms though...time will tell !

(I've never grow them at this time of year either)

[Potstubsdustbins]

I am not so sure thats blight, the surrounding foliage looks to good.

Try googling stem canker.

Colin

[Two_Sheds]

Blight starts with black/brown spots on the leaves doesn't it?

[Potstubsdustbins]

Blight starts with black/brown spots on the leaves doesn't it?

I have never had the misfortune to be struck by blight, but I believe you to be correct that why I don't think its blight.

Colin

[Pies]

not blight,blight starts on the leaves

[perkin]

It was blight in the end. The stems didn't get any worse but the telltale spots started on the leaves on potatoes both in containers and in the raised beds and then spread all over the foliage. And then a volunteer tomato plant that had appeared next to the compost heap went the same way. Wasn't a particularly bad case though, so when I cleared all the haulms I still had a great crop of tatties. Not quite Christmas potatoes, but a bonus autumn harvest - and it meant my Irish OH didn't have to emigrate to America after all... Will definitely buy the same variety (Ulster Classic) for first earlies next year.