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Title: Potato problem!
Post by: Palustris on May 20, 2013, 13:02:28

Anyone any ideas. I have never seen this in 40 years of growing potatoes. Not insect eggs and the leaves eventually curl up and rot.
(http://i703.photobucket.com/albums/ww32/Owdboggy/c8fe5c84-79d6-4a76-bdf2-0ec8b4dca4aa.jpg)

(http://i703.photobucket.com/albums/ww32/Owdboggy/61b17945-dd8e-47cd-b957-6b6c7c7e6421.jpg)
TIA

Title: Re: Potato problem!
Post by: goodlife on May 20, 2013, 13:07:10

Hmmm....looks very much like Oedema...but I've never had potatoes suffering with it.
Has your plot suffered flooding recently or soil been other wise VERY wet ?

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Title: Re: Potato problem!
Post by: Palustris on May 20, 2013, 14:19:24

This is in the poly tunnel so more likely to have been very dry than very wet.
Thanks anyway.

Title: Re: Potato problem!
Post by: manicscousers on May 20, 2013, 18:28:23

Funy, that. We have some similar in the poly, next to lots that are fine ?

Title: Re: Potato problem!
Post by: Palustris on May 20, 2013, 21:06:09

Sharpes' Express and Certified seed from a Garden Centre.

Allotments 4 All

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