Potato scab

 Is it me or is it a bad year for scab? Whilst our earlies and second earlies
had little damage our maincrop Victoria which are usually clean are badly
infected. Dry spring perhaps?

-- Regards
Bob Hobden
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from the W.of London. UK

 
We've only just lifted our 2nds, and I agree, there does seem a lot of it.
ANnoyingly, Nick made me buy something for him that is meant to reduce scab,
but he never got round to doing it.  (as with soooooo many things)

 

Scab here too, some on first earlies which we are still lifting. Everything
gets watered normally, but not often enough lately.
I have no second earlies as Pentland Javelin as first earlies seem to fill
that gap.
I have 2* 6m rows of maincrop Marris Piper and Cara, and seeing your post
had a looksee and they are riddled with scab. I only put them in as a last
minute decision because last year was the same and had a bit of space where
I tore out the brussels sprouts which had a bad infestation of whitefly.

Scab just looks bad though, doesn't it, no real harm. If you boil them they
go mushy quickly as well?

I can come around to living with it. Bloody well have to now! The Deed is
done.

Baz

 "Baz"  wrote ...

There are more resistant varieties we might try next year..... (depends
which scab it is)
First Early....
Arran Pilot; Home Guard; Swift;
Second Early and Maincrop....
Admiral; Celine; Golden Wonder; Hermes; King Edward; Nicola; Russet Burbank;
Saturna;

That said we got our "Mayan Twilight" up today as they too had finished
growing and no sign of scab at all, not a "maincrop" spud though if you see
what I mean, a smaller tubered special that makes the most beautiful sauté
spuds and cooks in half the time.
Our Second early "Kestrel" were not too badly affected either.


Only got "Stemster" still to get up but that is still growing.

-- Regards
Bob Hobden
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from the W.of London. UK

 

Well, it looks like you have covered your bases and grown a very large
selection.

My first earlies were Arran Pilot which have only slight scab, but the
rest I have not grown.
A lot of people around here grow Golden Wonder as you have. I am going to
give them a go as they are the type I like(floury) and why not?

Baz