Sagging Potatoes

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Scotty
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Sagging Potatoes

Post: # 58971Post Scotty »

Hi
I'm new to this so please bare with me!
I planted some spuds back in early April and they've been doing really well until yesterday, they have just completey sagged, can anyone help?
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Post: # 58973Post Muddypause »

I'm growing spuds for the first time this year. Mine have just been flattened by 24 hours of wind and rain - is that what you mean?
Scotty wrote:please bare with me
That depends upon many things, including how cold it is.
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Post: # 58974Post ina »

Muddypause wrote:
Scotty wrote:please bare with me
That depends upon many things, including how cold it is.
You can't resist it, Muddy, can you! :wink:


Anyway, Scotty, welcome to the site. And I'm not quite clear what you mean with sagging, either. :? Mine only went in last week... Even for here that's a bit late, but couldn't be helped - so nothing to be seen as yet!
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Post: # 58995Post Cornelian »

Sagging as in the vines are drooping? Do they need to be watered? Potatoes generally like at least an inch a week according to all the advice I had - I watered mine well and got a bumper crop last year.
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Post: # 59009Post red »

Hi Scotty - welcome

we are growing spuds for the first time too - and have had alot of trouble with slugs - they are eating the tops.. and sometimes a stalk goes limp and it turns out its been eaten through!

other than that,,, lack of water?
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Is there any thing else wrong with them, any markings on the leaves?

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Post: # 59208Post Millymollymandy »

Blight? Mine went like that last year and it is very sudden.

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Seems very early for blight?

What part of the country are you in Scotty?

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Post: # 59898Post Nikki »

Sagging spuds and bare bodies - good grief!

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Post: # 59983Post ohareward »

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I have posted a reply on potatoes under Tips, Hints and Problems.

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Post: # 59988Post Bonniegirl »

Nikki wrote:Sagging spuds and bare bodies - good grief!

Welcome arachnid. I'm a spider-lover myself. :dave:



Better than Bare spuds and sagging bodies! :roll:

Welcome to the site, I hope you don't lose your spud crop!
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