[greenhead]

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.

[Yorkie]

The splits are dryness-related, yes.

Not sure about the brown marks - my veg expert book doesn't recognise it!

[Aunt Sally]

Could be black leg if the stems had keeled over.

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

[PAULW]

Looks like they have been chewed slug damage?

[greenhead]

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.