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Help! is this blight?

Last post 16-06-2009 2:55 PM by bogweevil. 3 replies.

• 16/06/2009 01:20 PM
  Neeks Location: Bucks Joined on: 16 Jun 2009 Posts: 2	Reply | Contact  Hi, This year i've decided to grow some potatoes, don't have much room so im attempting container grown this yr. Never grown potatoes so im unsure what blight looks like, and it doesnt resemble any pictures i've seen, so is it blight? Or what else is it? Any help would be appreciated! Thanks Pictures below:

• 16/06/2009 01:46 PM	In reply to
  bogweevil Location: Joined on: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 2,043	Reply | Contact No, it appears to be senescence or mild physiological stress - no need to worry but consider whether your watering and feeding regime is satisfactory.   Boggy Beware the bat-eared bogweevil

• 16/06/2009 02:50 PM	In reply to
  Neeks Location: Bucks Joined on: 16 Jun 2009 Posts: 2	Reply | Contact  Thanks!

• 16/06/2009 02:55 PM	In reply to
  bogweevil Location: Joined on: 02 Mar 2004 Posts: 2,043	Reply | Contact I assume that you have used a potting medium rather than garden soil which should rule out Potato Cyst Nematode that is usually abundant on allotments: http://www.inra.fr/internet/Produits/HYPPZ/RAVAGEUR/6gloros.htm    Boggy Beware the bat-eared bogweevil