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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: MichelleC on June 04, 2011, 22:36

Title: Potato plants yellow and stems rotting?
Post by: MichelleC on June 04, 2011, 22:36
 :( Just noticed today that two of my potato plants were fully yellow and the lower stems were all squishy. One is Pentland Javelin and the other Celine. Another allotment holder said it could be blight but when I looked this up there were no spots but the leaves were curling. I cut the stems off as close to the ground as I could. Any ideas what the disease is?
Title: Re: Potato plants yellow and stems rotting?
Post by: shokkyy on June 05, 2011, 01:12
It could be blackleg. If it's that, the squishy stem should be black in colour, and you'd need to take out the whole plant rather than just cutting it off at ground level. Here's a link to some info on blackleg - http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/profile.aspx?pid=223.
Title: Re: Potato plants yellow and stems rotting?
Post by: MichelleC on June 05, 2011, 09:28
Thanks. I'm on my way to pull the whole plant out. Hope it doesn't infect the remaining plants.
Title: Re: Potato plants yellow and stems rotting?
Post by: Dom2599 on June 05, 2011, 10:09
Had the same issue here with Charlotte pots, lost most of a row with the same symptoms, all the others seem to be fine, been keeping a very close eye on them since
Title: Re: Potato plants yellow and stems rotting?
Post by: Grubbypaws on June 05, 2011, 15:18
Having read this I have just dug out 3 poorly looking Lady C. All 3 were infected with black leg.  >:(
Title: Re: Potato plants yellow and stems rotting?
Post by: Carollan on June 10, 2011, 21:49
me too,Charlotte,black stems and a squishy nasty oozy looking mess where the seed potato was............ :tongue2:

are we ok to eat the potatoes that have grown from the plant,they weren`t all squishy

we are a hungry bunch and need feeding  :tongue2:
Title: Re: Potato plants yellow and stems rotting?
Post by: DD. on June 10, 2011, 21:53
The seed spud can do this anyway.

The spuds will be OK to eat.