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Been updating my Blog and have added various pictures of blight infections, might help some identify it.

Not all bad news though.

http://sandersj89allotment.blogspot.com/

Jerry

Just LOVE your photos, Jerry. But get cross to see outdoor standard toms ripening before my indoor ones!!

B infuriatung - the blighted blight? SO much work & then splat!!.

I'm praying that our symptoms don't spread - they seem static at present. I have sprayed twice. This is on pots.

Thanks Jerry - really informative photos on blight - much appreicated, I now have a better understanding of what to look for. :)

Hi Jerry

Thanks for those - your poor spuds. It's very visible on the overview photo. But all your veg seems to be about a month further on than mine. I don't expect sweetcorn cobs to appear for ages yet! Amazing!

moonbells

ps I use Firefox and it has trouble with the formatting - the links text appears over the photos... and when I switch to IE, the links vanish right to the bottom!!!

Thanks guys.

I think if I get time this week one evening the foliage is coming off the Kestral and Marfona, they can then sit in the ground for 10 days ot so and will lift before I go away on holiday.

Then in 2 weeks, fingers crossed, I will remove the foliage of Arran Victroy and lift the spuds when I get back from Italy.

Fingers crossed!

Jerry

(Moonbells, not sure why that happens in your browser, I would have thought the Blogger site would have tested all templates, or maybe it is the hosting of the images at fault!)

lovely photos Jerry, so sorry that you have been struck with blight, your tomatoes are looking so good too, what a shame.

All my spuds have early blight, it is not spreading rapidly and I too am gambling, leaving the foliage on and hoping.

When is blight not blight??

Lifted my first lot of early main yesterday because I didn't want to risk the doubtful mess spreading to Cara.

So only got 42lb from a 30' row. Not complaining - but they should not have been lifted until September. No slug damage, only 3 warty & only 3 speared.

This is what moved me.

Hello Sanders: excellent blog & great pictures (also of the HC flower show; I didn't get there this year so it was lovely to have a belated tour).

I'm growing a mix of spud varieties: like you, I've got Foremost (all out now -- yum!)
but among my mains is a trial patch of Sarpo Axona. This is a new variety specially developed for resistance to blight and various other spuddy problems: it looks brilliant so far   *crosses fingers and toes*   so I hope it'll live up to its reputation.

I've still got odd patches on my Pink Firs but the rest is staying ok so far. Signs of die-back on the 2nd earlies now but the mains are still nicely green. Especially the Sarpo Miras (I haven't grown Axona). They are very floury, not strongly-tasting and do good mash and roasties at Christmas. Bit wishy washy for much else, but don't succumb to blight as fast.
Though have never really had it on the spuds - tomatoes get it badly here. Last year it was the end of August when it hit; I'm hoping it's as late as that again so there's a chance that some of the tomatoes will go naturally ripe and I don't have to have hundreds of the things lying about on tables for weeks while they ripen or rot!

moonbells