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Well, my Charlottes grown in pots, fed with comfry and kept watered are now dying off as the leaves and stems go yellow. There are some spuds to harvest but plenty tiny ones that are yet to develop so why are they dying off so early ? 
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Last edited by Marb67; 17-07-2016, 07:43 PM. -
Mine have died down early too. It seems to be a poor year for potatoes (at least around here). The foliage on the Desiree at my friend's was all completely dead by this weekend, and I harvested all 3 buckets yesterday. Last year the best bucket of Desiree produced 2.95kg of potatoes. This year, from 3 buckets treated in exactly the same way as far as possible, I got a total of 3kg. Not good.A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP. - Leonard Nimoy -
We harvested two buckets of Charlottes today for the same reason.
Not too bad a yield, but plenty of small ones.
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My Charlottes didn't do to bad but the first container of Lady C were well down on normal with loads of miniature spuds.
Look on the bright side Potty your runners are doing better than average this year..........Potty by name Potty by nature.
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I reckon its down to the peculiar spring that has confused some of the plants, personally I think the dying off of the charlotte foliage has more to do with daylight lengths triggering them into thinking its time to give up than any fungus or disease, mine went from healthy to collapsed in a matter of a week or two, I always leave them 2 weeks after removing the top growth, before lifting them, granddads rules, important he said, so I still do as told nearly 6 decades on...he was more than good, he was the local "expert" that everybody consulted, much to a little boy's annoyance at having to share him...Comment
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I have lifted all of the Charlottes because of their sudden departure from this world - now spud bound!I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. Thomas A. Edison
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When did you sow the seeds? Some of mine are ready but it's not early for my earlies I sowed the first bags in March & eaten & shared those. Yesterday I cut the stems off of about 4 potato bags that were sowed on April 27th so they've been in for 12 weeks. My maincrop potato leaves are still green & healthy except for a hint of insect damage. My second earlies leaves are still green a bit.
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It must be a variety thing, my Anya started to turn yellow last week, The few plants that I've lifted so far are on the small side
Whereas some of the old boys on the site are digging bigger than usual earlies because of all the rain we had earlier in the year. I'm going to ask what variety they grow next time I see one of them lol
Bet your life next year will have different weather though!Comment
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