BLIGHT HAS REARED ITS UGLY HEAD AGAIN!!!!!😱

[George the Pigman]

Over in South West Birmingham we had  a full Smith alert back in mid June (relating to having locally 2 inches of rain in a day!) but everything seems OK. I usually grow a few outdoor tomatoes by my spuds. They get it first and give me  a bit of an early warning. Blightwatch have revamped their site and I think you need to re-register to get the warnings
What part of the country do you live in Duke?

[George the Pigman]

[galina]

The very first signs of blight on potatoes appeared yesterday here in Northants at the Beds border,  Harlequin were the ones with a few spots of rot on the leaf edges, which I am sure is blight    

Thinking positively,  these next few days of summer weather hopefully will stop/dry up further development.  The affected leaves have been removed to prevent further spreading.

Fingers crossed   

[Digeroo]

With all the rain not surprised about the blight, but actually mine are looking ok not sure I understand why.  I wonder if all the rain washes the spores out of the air.

Though some on site look unhappy.

[johhnyco15]

I've lost one this weekend it had large truss of toms i was admiring their size around  2" across each then to my horror at the base of the plant the tell tale large chocolate blotch destroyed the plant immediately  checked the other 118 plants all seem ok so far

[Hector]

Really sorry to hear this :(

[Jayb]

I haven't been able to do anything for a few days LB was just starting in the potatoes, but after four days and nights of foggy mist i think it will be a nasty sight 

[galina]

Hope not Jayb!  Blight is always depressing when it takes hold. 

Hope the forecast weather (two days of summer)  will dry off the affected spots and allow for effective pruning and the plants will grow on a bit more.

Fingers crossed   

[Jayb]

Yes it always makes me a tad grumpy. I'll check later after I've done the greenhouse jobs.
On a more positive note I'm growing several LB resistant potato varieties, so should be able to give a view of how they cope.