Potato blackleg

[janebb]

A few of my potatoes have what I think is potato blackleg. The haulms have gone yellow and collapsed and the stem is black and gungy just above soil level.  I've looked in a few books which say that it cannot be passed from plant to plant.  However, they also recommend taking out the affected plants as soon as they are noticed.  I am a bit worried that if I pull up the blackleg plants I might disturb the healthy plants around them.  Can I wait until I am ready to harvest the crop before taking them out?

[janebb]

[Robert_Brenchley]

If you leave it till then you may not be able to sort out which potatoes belong to them. Better to hoik them out now.

[Svea]

i agree

you can harvest any potatoes that belong to this plant - sometimes you can  eat them straight away.

i did the same last year