Blightwatch

[Nicos]

I've just had a warning of a Smith Period Alert for blight...yup already!

here....have a look at what is going on in your area....

Home - Blightwatch

anyone else?

[Nicos]

An interesting fact from that site....

A potential "Achilles heel" for potato blight has been discovered following a collaboration between scientists in Dundee and China. They have identified a potato enzyme that, if removed, could prevent the fungal disease taking hold.

[WendyC]

Yes I had an email too this morning.

[veggiechicken]

I've had one too.

[Bren In Pots]

Me too
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[dilettante]

Same here. Booooo

[Martin H]

Me too. Oh well, maybe the ground frost will get them first...

[sparrow100]

Me too, plus for High Wycombe (I get alerts for my friend's plot). Only my first earlies are up though.

[sparrow100]

Me too. Oh well, maybe the ground frost will get them first...

Gotta love the optimism..

[Thelma Sanders]

It's hard to see the benefit of being warned nowadays - it used to be so that you could spray them with a preventative, if you wanted to, of course

If mine got blight now, there would be nothing I could do - they've not been in long enough for a crop below ground - so all I could do is dig them up and plant something else.

Boohoo!

[vixylix]

wow - very early! Showing as clear up here at the moment. Fingers crossed its just the odd day for you all with warnings

[MarkPelican]

Well I don't know about everybody else but its just stopped raining here, it started on Monday and rained all day yesterday. My home built (using a Raspberry Pi) temperature logger shows that its been warm enough all the way through the rain so I'm not surprised there's been a Smith's period. However, I don't know whether a Smith's period equals blight or whether the spores need to be triggered by something.

[Nicos]

I'm just so glad that my spuds are still chitting!!!!