My potatos are dying again this year - third year in a row they are
dying early. They have not bloomed yet. They seem to die this time
every year no matter where I plant them. Leaves curl and get black
spots and the plants die off. I planted 3 vararities this year - some
are doing better than others but all have the black spots and seem to
be dying:

http://members.kconline.com/rickcf/potato/

No Clue. Any help appreciated. I am in Zone 5 in NW Indiana and our
house is sitting on a former alfalpha field.

Thanks

Chester Deja wrote:

My potatos are dying again this year - third year in a row they are
dying early. They have not bloomed yet. They seem to die this time
every year no matter where I plant them. Leaves curl and get black
spots and the plants die off. I planted 3 vararities this year - some
are doing better than others but all have the black spots and seem to
be dying:

http://members.kconline.com/rickcf/potato/

No Clue. Any help appreciated. I am in Zone 5 in NW Indiana and our
house is sitting on a former alfalpha field.

Thanks

That looks (to the untrained eye) like a fungal disease, quite possibley
septoria. If so, give it a shot of a copper or sulfur based fungicide every
8-10 days and destroy (burn or remove from the property) all dead plant
material / deep plow the area in the fall.

Bill
--
Zone 5b (Detroit, MI)
I do not post my address to news groups.

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That looks (to the untrained eye) like a fungal disease, quite possibley
septoria. If so, give it a shot of a copper or sulfur based fungicide every
8-10 days and destroy (burn or remove from the property) all dead plant
material / deep plow the area in the fall.

Bill
--
Zone 5b (Detroit, MI)
I do not post my address to news groups.

Could be the dreaded potato blight which is what you could be talking
about with septoria.

I hope the potatos are being moved around rather than in the same spot
as thats just fatal for em.

Could be the dreaded potato blight which is what you could be talking
about with septoria.

I hope the potatos are being moved around rather than in the same spot
as thats just fatal for em.

I have been moving them around. This is the first time they have been
in this spot. Weh I planted them I did not cut them up - planted them
hole and they were already growing. I also did not use any sulfur or
anti-fungul measures. I guess I will try that next year when I plant
again.

Rick

(Chester Deja) wrote in message . com...
Could be the dreaded potato blight which is what you could be talking
about with septoria.

I hope the potatos are being moved around rather than in the same spot
as thats just fatal for em.

I have been moving them around. This is the first time they have been
in this spot. Weh I planted them I did not cut them up - planted them
hole and they were already growing. I also did not use any sulfur or
anti-fungul measures. I guess I will try that next year when I plant
again.

Rick


Did you get any potatoes?
Probably a call to the county extension agent will help.

Did you get any potatoes?
Probably a call to the county extension agent will help.

I just dug them up yesterday since all the plants had died out a week
ago. I planted 3 varities - about a half dozen plants of each. I got
a half 5 gallon bucket full of potatoes from each variety. It was a
decent yield despite the plants dying. Better than last year -
probably up at least a third. Probably due to me changing the site
location.

I grew Yukon Golds, Red Russet and a brown variety I never tried
before. I am happy with it. Next year I will dust and fungicide my
plot. I also got some sulphur I am thinking about tring too.

On a side note I also had a fungus kill my Asian lillies this year.
It must have spread from my rose bush which 3 ft away and had fungus
attack it again. Luckily this stuff is no where near my garden.

Rick