[Kirpi]

I have some brown patches on my first earlies that look very much like blight - or could it be natural dieback and they are ready to start harvesting. Grief - I hope it's one and not the other!

[mumofstig]

Have you looked at the blight maps to see if there is any down where you are?
I hope not!

[willp]

I don`t know what the weathers been like in your area, but I would imagine that it`s been too cold for blight. Probably actually too dry too.

Blight likes warm humid conditions, certainly around 10c. Look up "Smith Periods"

Mine have a bit of cold damage on the odd leaf, though paradoxically despite the very cold spring, it`s the first year for a while that they`ve not actually been frosted - could it be that?

Will

[mumofstig]

I don`t know what the weathers been like in your area, but I would imagine that it`s been too cold for blight. Probably actually too dry too.

That's what I thought but strangely enough parts of Kent received Smith's warnings last week  so it doesn't have to be that warm or wet   

[gavinjconway]

Some of the plants on our site were hit by a bit of frost a couple of weeks ago.. they are outgrowing the hit now so was not too harsh.

[Willow_Warren]

I have some brown marks of my Charlotte potatoes, I think it was due to a frost a couple of weeks back as they weren't protected.  The Lady Crystal potatoes were under a poly tunnel and no signs of any damage on them...

Hopefully it is not blight just yet, many of my potatoes have a LOT of growing to do!

Hannah

[DD.]

There are still no red dots on the blight map.

http://www.potato.org.uk/node/910

[Mark's Sussex Allotment]

Is it common to get blight reports this early?

I thought first earlies were always fine?

[DD.]

Not always so.

Blight is actually late this year in appearing due to the previous colder weather.

[Mark's Sussex Allotment]

Is it guaranteed to happen every year then, in every area?

[Aunt Sally]

It does happen every year but not in every area - keep an eye on the map !

[Mark's Sussex Allotment]

Ok thanks