Is this potato blight ?

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Is this potato blight ?
« on: June 13, 2011, 16:43 »
Hi,

Not posted (but have been reading) on here for ages.

My early potatoes have spots on the leaves and I'm not sure what it is.

If it is blight can I dig up and eat asap ???
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Re: Is this potato blight ?
« Reply #1 on: June 13, 2011, 16:53 »
If the brown spots form holes in the leaves my guess would be capsid bugs.
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Re: Is this potato blight ?
« Reply #2 on: June 13, 2011, 16:57 »
according to the Potato Council there have been no reported outbreaks of blight..the map is still clear here
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Re: Is this potato blight ?
« Reply #3 on: June 15, 2011, 16:44 »
No holes as yet  ;)

This is a clump of 9 plants - the front 6 have it the back 3 don't.

Perhaps another picture will help ?
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Re: Is this potato blight ?
« Reply #4 on: June 15, 2011, 16:57 »
I hate to use the "B" word, but it does look a bit like early blight, (Target Spot).

See this for comparison:

Linky

If it is, then early blight is not a lot to panic about, here's the spud council's take:

http://www.potato.org.uk/department/knowledge_transfer/pests_and_diseases/ref.html?item=28
Did it really tell you to do THAT on the packet?


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