Search found 5 matches

by VirGin
Sun Jun 15, 2008 9:51 am
Forum: Herbs and Vegetables
Topic: Potato Blight
Replies: 25
Views: 6661

Thank you to everyone for responding and supplying links. No, there's no mould on the underside of the leaves. The Capsid bug damage seems quite different to what I've got, so don't think it's that. The variety I'm growing is Amandine, which is a cultivar of early potato, descended from the varietie...
by VirGin
Fri Jun 13, 2008 3:21 pm
Forum: Herbs and Vegetables
Topic: Potato Blight
Replies: 25
Views: 6661

I do have tomatoes and they seem okay at the moment. I'll keep an eye on them and maybe wait a few days to see how the potato leaves progress before taking action.

Please advise which of my shoes you'd like to pose in. :lol:
by VirGin
Fri Jun 13, 2008 3:10 pm
Forum: Herbs and Vegetables
Topic: Potato Blight
Replies: 25
Views: 6661

Usually you would be correct in your assumption that it is warmer down here, but not this year, not the *&*$% year that I chose to move here permanently. Three, yes, just 3 days without rain since beginning of April. Boy are we having fun or what. :cheers: I trust this is useful additional analy...
by VirGin
Fri Jun 13, 2008 2:53 pm
Forum: Herbs and Vegetables
Topic: Potato Blight
Replies: 25
Views: 6661

Thanks for your quick response. I'm in south west France - Aveyron to be precise. Does that help?
by VirGin
Fri Jun 13, 2008 2:46 pm
Forum: Herbs and Vegetables
Topic: Potato Blight
Replies: 25
Views: 6661

Potato Blight

I know this is a regular subject and yes, I have googled it for days on end without a definitive answer, so would appreciate some expert (or otherwise) advice. Please take a look at the linked picture below and advise if this is blight or not. There are 5 leaves, showing the different stages I am ex...