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    potato query (frost?)

    Some of my potatoes are looking rather unhappy. Leaves with crispy yellow/brown/black bits. I would say frost damage, but there hasn't obviously been a frost here (certainly not according to the useless thermometer in the greenhouse). So, questions:

    a) If it is frost damage (which I can't recall having had in the past) will tober powered potatoes recover?

    b) Any other suggestions as to what the problem might be?

    Thanks in advance!
    Garden Grower
    Twitter: @JacobMHowe
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  • #2
    it maybe frost, but it sounds abit like potato blight
    have a look at this link and see if it's anything like that.

    http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/asse...ria_solani.jpg

    hope this helps

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    • #3
      I doubt it's blight, it has got the blotchy look about it. It's also rather early in the year and dry rather than damp. The blight problems will arise in a couple of months!
      Garden Grower
      Twitter: @JacobMHowe

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      • #4
        It's not ruddy blight in this weather! It's like November outside. You can stop worrying about blight until July/August
        Last edited by Two_Sheds; 08-05-2010, 12:58 PM.
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        • #5
          Originally posted by jacob View Post
          will tober powered potatoes recover?
          wassat?

          Where are your spuds? In the greenhouse? (you mentioned a greenhouse thermometer).
          All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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          • #6
            Ah, my lack of clarity, sorry. My best indication of min temp is the greenhouse thermometer (haven't got a max/min one outside). So what I meant was if all the leaves have been nibbled (in one case chomped) by frost will the plant keep growing (powered by the seed potato)?

            Not that there's much I can do about it either way.
            Garden Grower
            Twitter: @JacobMHowe

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            • #7
              If there are only a few black patches (from frost or wind damage) and the leaves keep growing, you're OK.

              If the entire foliage turns to black mush, they've had it. My spuds have only just come through, so they are OK, but my broad beans were battered by frost this winter. Most have carried on growing, I only completely lost a couple, although they look tatty and are several weeks behind compared to last year.
              Last edited by Two_Sheds; 08-05-2010, 01:09 PM.
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              • #8
                Cheers, hopefully I've got away with it...

                I'm going to go and sit in the greenhouse and pretend it's spring now.
                Garden Grower
                Twitter: @JacobMHowe

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                • #9
                  Be careful next week Jacob, frost is forcast for parts of the UK Mon & Tues.
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