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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: antipodes on June 17, 2008, 10:02:30
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Hi I have earlies planted in March, I have noticed that the leaves are strating to go yellow with brown patches. Is this normal when they start dying off or is it a disease?
I have some Bordeaux mixture but every time I wanted to spray there was drizzle so I had to call it off. None of the other varieties look like this (for now...)
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I'm not saying it isn't blight, but once potatoes have finished flowering ( and remember some don't flower anyway) it's normal for the plants to die back: that's the sign it's time to harvest them. So if it's only the earlies it sounds as if everything's normal.
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it's been so dry as well, even though I have watered mine regularly the beds are still almost bone dry on top so if you haven't watered well then this could be the problem - time to be picking them now anyway
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My Maris Pier in large tubs were going yellow and spotty so I cut them back and harvested the tatties.
Look what I got!!
(http://www.backyard.8m.net/garden%20veg/16.06.08/IMG_1610.JPG)
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Hmmmmm
well I went and sprayed bordeaux mixture all over the place yesterday just in case but maybe I will just dig them up this weekend then :) They are Amandine, planted in the first few days of March - the packet said 90 days.
I also sprayed the tomatoes which are looking absolutely fantastic, loads of flowers and fruit buds on the cherries and the big ones are starting to flower abundantly too.