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  • Could it be blight?

    Before I went on holiday I had 6 large tubs of potato plants, plus 10 Morrison buckets with one plant in each (an experiment in True Potato Seed).

    Anyway, all the plants were full, green and bushy.

    I also put 3 marmande tomato plants that had become too large for the greenhouse outside as well.

    I had a neighbour water everything for me and she obviously did a good job because the courgettes, peas and everything in the greenhouse all looks generally healthy and well.

    However, the potato plants? Well, the leaves and stalks have turned yellow - and the leaves look like they have been stripped off the plants. Some of the Morrison tub plants have no leaves or stalks left - almost as if they have been eaten by something.

    The outdoor tomatoes look ok - some yellow leaves, mostly towards bottom half the plants so could be splash back. However, a couple of fruits on the outdoor plants have large spots on them that are clearly rotting. I have removed them.

    I grew potatoes last year without any problem, but had harvested them by now, and I have grown tomatoes for the last 4-5 years without any issues.

    Could it be blight, or is it just the potato plants naturally dying off at this point?

    Thanks for any help.
    Likac66

    Living in her own purple world

    Loving gardening, reading, knitting and crochet.

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    If it was blight then the leaves and stems would be black ......yellow leaves are probably either natural dying back or magnesium deficiency ......
    S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
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    • #3
      Oops - I've just seen a whole sticky thread above all about blight. Looking at the pictures on there, I think I'm safe!!

      Thanks Binley.
      Likac66

      Living in her own purple world

      Loving gardening, reading, knitting and crochet.

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