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Potatoes - Blight, Blackleg or any other worrying disposition - Help!

mwaltermwalter Posts: 18
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Good afternoon all, I left some potatoes in that popped up rather surprisingly recently.  The consensus then (on the forum) was to leave them in and they could produce a good crop.   I am now worried they may have blight.  See pictures to follow.   Do I need to dig them up or cut down to ground level and see how the potatoes have developed in three weeks or so?   Any advice gratefully received.  Thanks 

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  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I can’t see a problem with those. They look fine to me. What are you seeing that I’m not seeing?

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  • mwaltermwalter Posts: 18
    Dovefromabove said:
    I can’t see a problem with those. They look fine to me. What are you seeing that I’m not seeing?
    Oh OK, thanks. It was just the stems appeared to be going darker (not yet black).
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Could they be a variety that has purple flowers?  Quite often the colour of future flowers can be seen in the stems/young shoots of many plants. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • raisingirlraisingirl Posts: 7,093
    they look OK to me  :)
    Gardening on the edge of Exmoor, in Devon

    “It's still magic even if you know how it's done.” 
  • mwaltermwalter Posts: 18
    Could they be a variety that has purple flowers?  Quite often the colour of future flowers can be seen in the stems/young shoots of many plants. 
    Yes they are Maris pipers and they did have purple flowers 👍🏻
  • mwaltermwalter Posts: 18
    Thanks Raisingirl, I will leave them alone then and hope for a good crop. 🙂
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    👍 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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