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I have 2 allotments, on the one my neighbours crop have been completely devastated by blight, but he usually plants supermarket potatoes rather than seed potatoes. The blight passed onto ours, but only a couple of spots. I dug them up anyway. On his from first signs to no leaves took around 4 days!At the other allotment most plots now have bad blight, leaves are gone or almost gone. Surprisingly I only have a few spots on my Bartlett potatoes next to a neighbours plot, where his blighted potatoes are only a narrow path away from mine. I am wondering if the Bartletts are know to be fairly resistant.I have removed infected leaves and plan to go back tomorrow.I have got photos of blight now, so I am wondering if it would be useful to post them, as I now a few weeks ago thre were lots of people thinking they had blight when it was earlies dying back or Mg deficiency.
Charlotte's a lovely potato but I won't be planting it again because of the susceptibility to blight.
chrisscrossabingdons on the list too struck the cherries but beefs are ok at the momentBURN<BABY<BURN thats if i can light a fire ??? ???
Total wipe out of tomatoes and potatoes on east side of allotments very little on the west.Conclusion it did not arrive by wind. It did not come from Volunteers - there were none on pristine site. So it must have arrived with seed potatoes. Two batches on different allotments seem to be the source. Unfortuneately I am down wind of both.Think some of them came from portugal.