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bruno
Not So New ...
Posts: 29
Blight Alert !
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June 09, 2010, 14:33:14 »
Can't believe it - have just received 'blight alert' for the Derby area from
www.potato.org.uk
!!!
It's only June
Bruno
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BarriedaleNick
Global Moderator
Hectare
Posts: 4,135
Cartaxo, Portugal
Re: Blight Alert !
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Reply #1 on:
June 09, 2010, 14:46:21 »
Me too - in London!
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plot51A
Hectare
Posts: 762
Norfolk - we do diff'rent!
Re: Blight Alert !
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Reply #2 on:
June 09, 2010, 14:48:17 »
And me! Was so glad to get the rain - but you just can't win !!
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OllieC
Global Moderator
Hectare
Posts: 3,390
Nairn
Re: Blight Alert !
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Reply #3 on:
June 09, 2010, 14:53:22 »
Guildford & Hayling Island just got one too!
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GRACELAND
Hectare
Posts: 1,135
Re: Blight Alert !
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Reply #4 on:
June 09, 2010, 15:01:20 »
:o :o :o :o :o :o
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Squash64
Hectare
Posts: 4,545
Re: Blight Alert !
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Reply #5 on:
June 09, 2010, 15:04:34 »
I got this too but I took it to mean that there wasn't any blight. (I don't know what the Full Smith Period means ???)
Fight Against Blight Alerts:
for more detail please visit
www.potato.org.uk/blight
No incidents found
BlightWatch Alerts:
for more detail please visit
www.blightwatch.co.uk
Area: B42
Warning: Full Smith Period
Edited-
You all probably know about Smith Periods, but I didn't so I Googled it:=
A full Smith Period has occurred when:
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At least two consecutive days where min temperature is 10ºC or above and on each day at least 11 hours when the relative humidity is greater than 90%.
A 'near miss' occurs when one or both of the above two consecutive days has only 10 hours when the relative humidity is greater than 90% and the temperature is 10ºC or above. Note that a near miss is not recorded when temperature values are close to but not at the threshold value.
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Last Edit: June 09, 2010, 15:10:01 by Squash64
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Betty
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Birmingham
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Plot69
Hectare
Posts: 854
Lincolnshire
Re: Blight Alert !
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Reply #6 on:
June 09, 2010, 15:42:08 »
I just got my first one in Peterborough as well. Glad I only grow Sarpo's.
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Sow it, grow it, eat it.
Digeroo
Hectare
Posts: 9,578
Cotswolds - Gravel - Alkaline
Re: Blight Alert !
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Reply #7 on:
June 09, 2010, 16:06:06 »
I got mine here in the Cotswolds. Very depressing.
Only one episode of rain so if this had fallen in one day rather than being split over two it would not have triggered a Smith Period.
I suppose the point of the warning is not that there currently is any blight but that you can dash out and put all sorts of poisons on your plants to prevent it happening. I am doing more earlies this year had hoped to harvest them before the blight strikes.
I am nore interested in preventing problems with my tomatoes.
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chriscross1966
Hectare
Posts: 3,764
Visionhairy
Re: Blight Alert !
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Reply #8 on:
June 09, 2010, 16:56:52 »
Just ahd a FUll Smith for SN2 but no blight alert yet....
chrisc
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Unwashed
Hectare
Posts: 2,735
Vexatious, moi?
Re: Blight Alert !
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Reply #9 on:
June 09, 2010, 17:06:12 »
It was a near miss is RG14 today.
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asbean
Hectare
Posts: 3,411
Winchester, Hants
Re: Blight Alert !
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Reply #10 on:
June 09, 2010, 17:33:12 »
We're SO22/23.
I got a text message (and email) this aafternoon, so we sprayed straight away to be on the safe side.
On checking the email, yesterday fulfilled the criteria but today is a near miss, so doesn't make the two-daya mark.
Grrrrr.
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gwynleg
Hectare
Posts: 657
Re: Blight Alert !
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Reply #11 on:
June 09, 2010, 18:49:00 »
Yep - near miss period in WD24!
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Sally A
Half Acre
Posts: 132
Re: Blight Alert !
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Reply #12 on:
June 09, 2010, 18:54:22 »
I've just signed up to blightwatch, but won't be able to log in until tomorrow; whereabouts in the Cotswolds are you Digeroo?? I'm on the northern slopes of Bath.
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cornykev
Hectare
Posts: 9,893
Sunny Cheshunt just outside North London
Re: Blight Alert !
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Reply #13 on:
June 09, 2010, 19:45:38 »
Yep I got my blight alert, but I'm growing in my back garden under cover so I should be OK. ??? ;D ;D ;D
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kippers garden
Hectare
Posts: 526
Re: Blight Alert !
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Reply #14 on:
June 09, 2010, 20:05:03 »
Had a blightwatch alert in Leicester too
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staris
Acre
Posts: 277
Re: Blight Alert !
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Reply #15 on:
June 09, 2010, 20:11:21 »
got one here as well, durham dh6
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gwynnethmary
Hectare
Posts: 1,066
Hartlepool
Re: Blight Alert !
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Reply #16 on:
June 09, 2010, 20:14:25 »
If you get one, what is the best course of action please? This is my first year and I SO want to grow nice potatoes!
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smudger28
Quarter Acre
Posts: 80
Re: Blight Alert !
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Reply #17 on:
June 09, 2010, 20:27:20 »
No need to panic yet guys......
Living in Cornwall we are the first to get blight before the rest of the country. We have been having Smith Periods on/off since April....
The good thing is you need at least 7-10 days of continual Smith periods for a greater chance of Blight pathogen sporulation.
Also leaf wetness is a must.
I sprayed my crops yesterday as we have had a few red days now...
So don't panic just yet and cut your pots to the ground.
If you do catch blight, then remove all infected parts and burn them. If the attack is severe then cut all plants to ground level and leave the tubers in the ground for two weeks.
Do not compost infected plants...
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PurpleHeather
Hectare
Posts: 2,894
Re: Blight Alert !
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Reply #18 on:
June 09, 2010, 20:48:37 »
Sow early and dig up early seems to be the answer............
Then when we run out ......Imported spuds can be sold in the shops ...
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OllieC
Global Moderator
Hectare
Posts: 3,390
Nairn
Re: Blight Alert !
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Reply #19 on:
June 09, 2010, 22:14:03 »
Hmmm, smudge, not sure how good my Tomato yield will be if I cut them to the ground!!! :P Actually I am! ::)
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