Posted by David in Normandy on October 28, 2007, 6:53 am
Potato blight wiped out all my potato tops several months ago.
I didn't have time to lift them all, just a couple of rows. I just left
all the blighted tops to die off and rot in situ.
Interestingly the ones I lifted straight away have since shown signs of
rot / blight, but the ones left in the ground and dug up today are still
clean!
So if blight strikes another year, I won't be in a hurry to lift the
potatoes.
--
David in Normandy
Posted by judith.lea on October 28, 2007, 7:17 am
wrote:
> Potato blight wiped out all my potato tops several months ago.
> I didn't have time to lift them all, just a couple of rows. I just left
> all the blighted tops to die off and rot in situ.
> Interestingly the ones I lifted straight away have since shown signs of
> rot / blight, but the ones left in the ground and dug up today are still
> clean!
> So if blight strikes another year, I won't be in a hurry to lift the
> potatoes.
> --
> David in Normandy
Here in the Auvergne we have Colorado beetle in potato crops, do you
have this problem in Northern France?
Judith
Posted by Charlie Pridham on October 28, 2007, 8:14 am
judith.lea99@googlemail.com says...
> wrote:
> > Potato blight wiped out all my potato tops several months ago.
> > I didn't have time to lift them all, just a couple of rows. I just left
> > all the blighted tops to die off and rot in situ.
> >
> > Interestingly the ones I lifted straight away have since shown signs of
> > rot / blight, but the ones left in the ground and dug up today are still
> > clean!
> >
> > So if blight strikes another year, I won't be in a hurry to lift the
> > potatoes.
> > --
> > David in Normandy
>
> Here in the Auvergne we have Colorado beetle in potato crops, do you
> have this problem in Northern France?
>
> Judith
>
>
>
I am begining to wonder if there is a positive side to this place:~)
--
Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwall
www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea
Posted by judith.lea on October 28, 2007, 8:47 am
wrote:
> judith.le...@googlemail.com says...
> > wrote:
> > > Potato blight wiped out all my potato tops several months ago.
> > > I didn't have time to lift them all, just a couple of rows. I just left
> > > all the blighted tops to die off and rot in situ.
> > > Interestingly the ones I lifted straight away have since shown signs of
> > > rot / blight, but the ones left in the ground and dug up today are still
> > > clean!
> > > So if blight strikes another year, I won't be in a hurry to lift the
> > > potatoes.
> > > --
> > > David in Normandy
> > Here in the Auvergne we have Colorado beetle in potato crops, do you
> > have this problem in Northern France?
> > Judith
> I am begining to wonder if there is a positive side to this place:~)
> --
> Charlie Pridham, Gardening in Cornwallwww.roselandhouse.co.uk
> Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
> Lapageria rosea- Hide quoted text -
> - Show quoted text -
Oh there is Charlie, it is the most beautiful place in the World.
Judith
Posted by Martin on October 29, 2007, 7:13 am
>these words:
>> > judith.le...@googlemail.com says...
>> > > > Potato blight wiped out all my potato tops several months ago.
>> > > > I didn't have time to lift them all, just a couple of rows. I
>> > > > just left
>> > > > all the blighted tops to die off and rot in situ.
>> >
>> > > > Interestingly the ones I lifted straight away have since shown signs
>> > > > of rot/blight, but the ones left in the ground and dug up today are
>> > > > still clean!
>> >
>> > > > So if blight strikes another year, I won't be in a hurry to lift the
>> > > > potatoes.
>> > > >
>> > > Here in the Auvergne we have Colorado beetle in potato crops, do you
>> > > have this problem in Northern France?
>> >
>I remember posters outside the village police station in the 40's/50's
>advising people on how to recognise Colorado beetles!
Me too. I think they pinned posters to telegraph poles in some places. In the
1970s I found Colorado beetles in a German garden and told the owner she should
inform the police, Oh how she laughed!
--
Martin
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> I didn't have time to lift them all, just a couple of rows. I just left
> all the blighted tops to die off and rot in situ.
> Interestingly the ones I lifted straight away have since shown signs of
> rot / blight, but the ones left in the ground and dug up today are still
> clean!
> So if blight strikes another year, I won't be in a hurry to lift the
> potatoes.
> --
> David in Normandy