[Solidthegreat]

Hi all, Im really new to all this so dont know what im looking for. Just been down the allotment to check on the potatos i planted a few weeks ago, They are now breaking the surface and they are looking healthy, except for one. It has sent up 2 strong stems that are green/brown in colour. The top of 1 stem is shriveled and the leaf is dead. The other stem has a single leaf on it that is brown and has a holes in it. Is this blight or is the plant diseased? should i be looking to take it out?
Really dont want to lose the crop as its my first ever veg i have ever grown? 

[Yorkie]

Any chance of posting a photo? 

[Solidthegreat]

I will try and pop back to the Allotment with a camera today.

[digalotty]

if its only one then rip it out, and hopefully your others will not get infected . it may not be blight but something is not right so dont take a chance

[Solidthegreat]

Pulled it out to be sure. the potato seed also had a large bindweed root next to it that was sending shots everywhere. Thought i got it all when i turned it over by hand in march. Can bindweed affect potato growth? 

[solway cropper]

Could be blackleg, there's seems to be a lot of it about. I dug up the infected plant and the soil round it.

[Aunt Sally]

Doesn't really sound like black leg but this link may help you to decide :

http://apps.rhs.org.uk/advicesearch/profile.aspx?pid=223

[Ropster]

could be frost ? it took the tops off all my spuds

[DD.]

There still have been no reported incidents of blight.

This is the must read thread on blight:

http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=56717.0

[Steve.B]

Sounds like I had last week! all brown and shriveled...... mine were frosted!

[acwid]

sounds like frost damage I had a few just like that but they have been ok .