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yellowing potato leaves

stuart and Codystuart and Cody Posts: 76
in Problem solving
good morning lovely people, can anyone tell me what's going on here, potatoes have been growing lovely and all of a sudden the leaves have started to turn a striking yellow colour you can see in the photos, is this terminal and is there anything i can do? thanks guys.


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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    loving the batman jim jams.
    I'd not worry about the spuds
    Devon.
  • stuart and Codystuart and Cody Posts: 76
    there are some tiny black bugs on the plant which ants seem to be attackong should i leave the ants deal with the pest. does anyone know what these pests are, just out of curiosity. could these be turning the plant yellow.? s anyone 


  • stuart and Codystuart and Cody Posts: 76
    Hostafan1 said:
    loving the batman jim jams.
    I'd not worry about the spuds
    haha thanks. i'm a bit of a super hero geek lol
  • treehugger80treehugger80 Posts: 1,923
    the ants aren't attacking they're farming the little black bugs (aphids) for honeydew (a sweet liquid that ants love) might just be a growth spurt, growing so fast that the chlorophyll can't keep up, might also be a nutrient issue, might be worth while giving them a bit of a feed
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