[Michael196]

Thought I would start this thread.

I am in wexford and in this past wet weekend, my crop of G wonders sucumbed to blight.

They had not been sprayed at all this season,

Damage was severe in about 20% of the crop with haulms flattened. All the foliage was removed today ready for destruction. Crop in the ground looks ok at the moment , as i am planning the 2 week hold off before digging to see the state of the spuds.


where are u ? Are u blighted ? did you spray ?

[Sive]

I'm in Wexford too, and my better half sprayed our potatoes last week for the second time this season, and so far they seem fine.
I tune in to the Met Eireann website every day, to check the weather, and you get very clear blight warnings there. They give you advance warning, and also advise which days will be suitable for spraying. It's worth keeping an eye on that site.

[James Kilkelly]

[Liparis]

I'm between Oldcastle and Kells. Homeguard, Queens and Kerr's pink. All cropping lovely for the past 4 or 5 weeks, no spraying done, no blight (touch wood so far) no blackleg which hit 50% of my crop two years ago and about 10% of my cop last year.
Bill.

[Fiachra]

Hi,
I live in North Cork -it's my first year growing potatoes.A few weeks ago my British Queens looked like they might have blight so I cut the foliage off about 1 inch from the ground. The potatoes are perfect so it might not have been blight. I didnt spray with anything and only used nettle tea as fertiliser. I have kerrs pinks and sarpos growing in a different part of the garden. I cut one lot of foliage off because of black/brown spots but the rest look ok at the moment. I bought dithane a while back but I hate the thought of having to use it!

[Sean Ph'lib]

I have Shetland Blacks and Orlas, both of which produced only short stalks, but no blight. My British Queens are all eaten, and had no blight. I have a bed of Champions, which have stalks over five feet, and no blight yet. I have Sharpo Axona, which is from my own seed saved since last year, stalks five feet high and completely blight free. I also have some Sarpo Mira, from seed donated by a neighbour, which has worrying black spots on the foliage - it might be blight - but I'm waiting to see if they succumb. Anyway, total spraying is: nil.
Incidentally, GPI, don't worry about the quality of Sarpos: I dug some yesterday and they were fabulous - and they're not even properly ripe yet! (they're late maincrops, remember.)

[James Kilkelly]

[Gautama]