[Anton]

Help please. I have just noticed some brown marks on a couple of early potato plants (see attached photographs). It's been fairly cold over here in Belgium but I don't think there has been any frost.
I am sorry the photos are not clearer. And there is some qoil on the plants as I was heaping them up with earth yesterday. Any ideas please?

[AnneB]

Looks like frost damage to me.

[Aunt Sally]

Looks like frost damage to Mr.

I agree.

[jaydig]

I would agree that it looks like frost damage.  Sometimes, at this time of the year, there can be a frost in the early hours that only lasts for an hour or two, but it's sufficient to catch the very tender early leaves of potatoes.  As long as there isn't too much damage they will recover and go on to give a crop, but in my experience if there is major leaf damage the crop is greatly reduced.

[steven c]

think that is frost damage we had same last year [very cold april] ours recovered to give a very good crop Desiree .  good luck

[rowlandwells]

talking about potatoes  on my daughters allotment when you grow potatoes on the bottom half of the allotments the potatoes  get scab yet if you grow them on the top half of the allotment there perfect ?

[Anton]

Thanks for your reply. As I say it has been quite cold but no frost. Now I come to think of it it reminds me a bit of the burns I sometimes see on runner beans when they have been wind-whipped.