The roots appeared to be the least affected part of the plant, even on those bulbs which were rotting on the outer layers. I dug up and destroyed the worst of them this morning - the one in the pic below was dug just now and so is not too badly effected yet - no rotting of the outer layers but still the twisted/deformed leaves. As you can see, the roots look in excellent condition. Hope your brother can come up with a suggestion - let me know if he needs more info. Many thanks
“Does he think white rot could be an issue otherwise up until now it has not been the weather for blight. The only thing that I can think of is lack of nutrients in the soil.?”
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
Thanks Dovefromabove, don’t think it’s white rot or blight (the potatoes on this patch last year were surprisingly free of blight). Might be a specific nutrient deficiency but the plot is generally fertile. Compost was dug in the autumn before the spuds were planted. Think I’ll just sweat it out for now - this plot will be left fallow next year, followed by potatoes in 2024, and I’ll plant the onions at the other end of the plot after that so there won’t be any onions in this spot for 6 years. I do have some leeks coming on next to these onions. So far they look OK but have not been planted out that long so we’ll see how they do in the coming months. thanks again for your help everyone
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“Does he think white rot could be an issue otherwise up until now it has not been the weather for blight. The only thing that I can think of is lack of nutrients in the soil.?”
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
thanks again for your help everyone
Let us know how things go.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.