Brown spots on potato leaves

[SueA]

Hi DDL, hope your spuds are picking up now you've got them all wrapped up & in intensive care! As for Dr. Hessayon, I use his book to look up pests & diseases but wouldn't use any of the sprays he recommends as most of them sound deadly to everything else as well as what you are trying to get rid of!

[Earthbabe]

My edition of the veg book was def written before some of the real nasties were banned. I also ignore what he says re sprays. I have a lovely little Lawrence Hills Organic Gardening book that I refer to for a more eco-friendly solution.

[SueA]

I've got a few quite old gardening books which I bought second hand & they have photos of gardeners wearing enormous back-pack sprayers containing such delights as DDT & nicotine! Should have been sold with a health warning attached!

[JennieAtkinson]

I brought my Christmas spuds in to the polytunnel 10 days ago because of the gales and the forecast frost, but I noticed today that all the leaves are dying. I thought perhaps it was because I hadn't watered them enough, but realise it might now be blight! Oh dear. Four of my pots haven't even got any leaves coming through at all yet.

[Nicos]

suggest you spray with copper sulphate asap- you'll have the fungal spores in the PT now! You may yet save them!

[dexterdoglancashire]

Oh Jennie - I do hope not! Hope they are OK, keep me posted - we can compare notes! DDL