theherd123 Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 OH & I emptied out all our spud sacks today and all most all of the Maris Piper spuds look like these in the picture. Whats gone wrong? Is it blight? If so what should we do with the soil that the spuds were grown in? All the Charlotte spuds have turned out ok though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xChicken04x Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 Not sure what it is, ours done somthing like that when a squirral dug them up, nibbled at them and put them back xx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
moochoo Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 It certainly looks like potato blight Sadly that means discarding the soil you grew them in because the spores would still be active. I don't know whether it would be ok in the composter. I think the heat of a composter would kill the spores but I'm not certain You've had shoddy luck with your spuds this year Em, first no flowers and now fungally spuds Better luck next time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 That's blight alright - some of mine had it last year. My taters were useless too this year, so I've given up on them now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
theherd123 Posted August 22, 2007 Author Share Posted August 22, 2007 I was wondering if it was blight but the other spuds are perfect and i thought that when blight struck it got everything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin B Posted August 22, 2007 Share Posted August 22, 2007 Tasty. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 It looks more like scab to me - perhaps blight and scab?! - blight does usually spread to everything and I would have thought that the Charlottes would be affected as well? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted August 23, 2007 Share Posted August 23, 2007 Here... is a useful article about potato blight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
