First earlies (Latona) with pictures

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greenhead

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First earlies (Latona) with pictures
« on: June 25, 2012, 11:39 »


Hi, We had our first picking yesterday, yields down by half re last year, been in for 12 weeks and look as if they need a further 2 weeks!! The potatoes had splits presumably due to the weather of late which caused the 'black ' areas' - any comments please.  When boiled they proved to be very tasty, slightly sweet.

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Re: First earlies (Latona) with pictures
« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2012, 18:35 »
The splits are dryness-related, yes.

Not sure about the brown marks - my veg expert book doesn't recognise it!
I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days all attack me at once...

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Re: First earlies (Latona) with pictures
« Reply #2 on: June 25, 2012, 18:57 »
Could be black leg if the stems had keeled over.

Could be early blight if you had that on the leaves.

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Re: First earlies (Latona) with pictures
« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2012, 19:31 »
Looks like they have been chewed slug damage?

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Re: First earlies (Latona) with pictures
« Reply #4 on: June 25, 2012, 20:34 »
Thanks, Don't think its black leg or blight as the helms were OK  Do you think the crop is fully developed?  Should I wait 2-3 weeks or so before I harvest more.



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