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Produce => Edible Plants => Topic started by: Multiveg on May 22, 2004, 20:01:26

Title: mwah :'(
Post by: Multiveg on May 22, 2004, 20:01:26

Found a wilted, yellowing potato plant which had a blackened stem at and below the ground - boo hoo - Blackleg. Removed the plant and the messy remains of tuber. Now, got only one Accent left (the first one turned out to be a stone  ??? :o )

Title: Re:mwah :'(
Post by: Muddy_Boots on May 22, 2004, 20:42:23

Ooh treatment and fallow ground for a while then, Multi?  >:(

Title: Re:mwah :'(
Post by: Multiveg on May 22, 2004, 21:41:12

Lost one spud last year due to blackleg - different place on plot and different variety (last year, Edzell Blue succumbed which is a second early). The other spuds look healthy.
Next year, might have to consider growing spuds in the garden as I will have problems with rotation.

Title: Re:mwah :'(
Post by: tim on May 23, 2004, 06:09:24

Much sympathy = Tim

Title: Re:mwah :'(
Post by: Multiveg on May 23, 2004, 12:06:32

Having a look through the digi-photos I have taken. The victim of blackleg looked ok though slighty less vigorous than the other Accent spud on the 14th May. I took a picture on the 21st and there was a marked decline - plant wilting and half the size of its relative.
(http://www.btinternet.com/~miagriffiths/blacklegvictim.jpg)

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