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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: titch on July 22, 2008, 09:25

Title: black leg spuds, so can i replant?
Post by: titch on July 22, 2008, 09:25

Had to dig up and bin my maris pipers - blackleg got em  :(

if i can get some more seed spuds, can i put them in the same place?
The previous plant had only been in the ground for about 5 weeks, no taters had yet developed, the original seed ones were very rotten.

Title: black leg spuds, so can i replant?
Post by: gobs on July 22, 2008, 09:56

Black leg does not survive in the soil, but I wouldn't re-plant, it's your call though.

Strange, they did not grow any tubers. :?

Title: black leg spuds, so can i replant?
Post by: deneview on July 23, 2008, 15:15

my maris bard had blackleg, about 40% plants affectted but none on neighbouring nicola or charlottes. i think it was on the seed potato.

Title: black leg spuds, so can i replant?
Post by: titch on July 28, 2008, 20:16

thanks for the replies - am letting the ground recover and then put somethin else in - not taters again til next year

Title: black leg spuds, so can i replant?
Post by: Aunt Sally on July 28, 2008, 20:50

Quote from: "deneview"

i think it was on the seed potato.

It does come in on the seed potatoes.  Where did you both get them from ?

Title: black leg spuds, so can i replant?
Post by: titch on July 29, 2008, 13:35

I got mine from a local sell it all kind of shop - large store called Rainb*ws, they looked ok, had plenty of sprouts (sorry cant remember the technical term for them) on them, and they looked so healthy, even when we took them down they didnt look too bad, but think thats because we got them early - all the plants had it on one stem or other