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Old 16-06-2009, 03:43 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
David in Normandy[_8_] David in Normandy[_8_] is offline
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Default Harvesting potatoes now --- what to do with foliage (fear ofblight)?

Jonathan Campbell wrote:


I suppose earlies harvested before the end of June might normally escape
blight?


My French neighbour's potatoes succumbed to blight a few weeks ago. He
has since cut off all the tops and treated them with something. Mine are
still OK. I took great delight in giving him a big bag of my (largest)
early potatoes. :-)

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