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Old 17-07-2016, 12:19 AM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default Blight or Blackleg
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Whatever it is, it started to sweep through the allotments on Wednesday.
Three years running but this is the worst year so far. Location SE Cornwall,
5 miles inland, 500' amsl, East facing, 1 in 10 slope.

All allots have removed their potato haulms. I have 6 rows with : Foremost,
Premier, Estima, Marfona and 2 x Accent. I've dug up the Foremost row and
got about 12 egg sized spuds from 12 plants !! My neighbour who planted 3
rows of King Edward got zero returns. He's hoping for better results with 6
rows of Casablanca. He's removed haulms on these also.

I stopped growing Estima because it started getting blight every
year. I now grow Nadine which is blight -resistant, and haven't had any
blight on it. It's also very tasty. This year I'm also growing
international Kidney ("jersey royal"), no blight on them either.

Janet
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