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    Potato Blight - can you plant in the same place?

    Hi all,

    Just picked all of my potatoes at the weekend as noticed that blight was developing. I now have a free raised bed which I was hoping to plant my purple sprouting broccoli/cabbages in but not sure if it's wise.

    It's my first year growing veg so not sure what you do in situations like this, if someone could advise that would be great.
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    no problem at all, as the blight is on and in the tattie stems,remove and burn them and all is sorted,the cabbage family is different to the tatties,so the blight cant survive on them,so plant away...

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    • #3
      There will be no problem following with brassicas. However blight could live on in any bits of old potato left overs. Its a small risk but I would use another bed next year to make sure everything has died off.

      Colin
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      • #4
        ^^As above^^ I would not risk using it next year just in case you manage to miss a tatty or two and they sprout next year.
        Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better...Albert Einstein

        Blog - @Twotheridge: For The Record - Sowing and Growing with a Virgin Veg Grower: Spring Has Now Sprung...Boing! http://vvgsowingandgrowing2012.blogs....html?spref=tw

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        • #5
          Even if you get all the old volunteers out, you could still get blight next year: it's airborne and will come in on the wind
          All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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          • #6
            But as far as the original question is concerned, there's absolutely no reason why you can't grow brassicas in there straight away

            Some of us live in the past, always talking about back then. Some of us live in the future, always planning what we are going to do. And, then there are those, who neither look behind or ahead, but just enjoy the moment of right now.

            Which one are you and is it how you want to be?

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            • #7
              Hello lovely people - thank you so much for your replies. Will crack on with planting out the brassicas

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