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sirpsycho Rank attained: Pedunculate oak tree
Joined: 15 Mar 2010 Posts: 341 Location: Stamullen, Co Meath
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Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 7:22 pm Post subject: Bl**dy frost! |
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I was away a few days and came back to a bit of carnage at the plot. -3C at Dublin Airport on 6th May has blackened a lot of my spuds. There is some green on the shoots still. Is there any hope for them? I'm going to cover them with soil tomorrow evening - cant make it any sooner - and hope that they continue growing.  |
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sirpsycho Rank attained: Pedunculate oak tree
Joined: 15 Mar 2010 Posts: 341 Location: Stamullen, Co Meath
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Lius Rank attained: Ash Tree


Joined: 12 Mar 2009 Posts: 203 Location: Ballinteer, Dublin
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Posted: Tue May 08, 2012 9:42 pm Post subject: |
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It is definitely not early blight as mentioned in the link you posted.
I stupidly took off the fleece off my spuds last week; they were all looking great up until Saturday evening and then there was a short sharp frost (1 hr max) on Saturday night and on Sunday morning the leaves were all black.
They have now turned to brown, I know they will recover eventually but I have lost a lot of time with this set-back.
This is the first time I have been caught, silly me. |
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Joined: 03 May 2012 Posts: 87 Location: Raheny, Dublin 5
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Posted: Wed May 09, 2012 10:15 am Post subject: |
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It maybe cold comfort (pun, well kind of intended...) but we are experiencing one of the coolest, wettest and dullest April-May periods in almost 30 years, and as a result a lot of us are being caught off guard; Spuds will generally survive a little frost damage, and it seems we may have a few days more of it to run... |
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sirpsycho Rank attained: Pedunculate oak tree
Joined: 15 Mar 2010 Posts: 341 Location: Stamullen, Co Meath
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Posted: Thu May 10, 2012 8:32 am Post subject: |
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More frost due friday night/saturday morning so get those spuds covered... |
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