"Christina Websell" wrote in message
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Looks like it's arrived in Hillingdon. I guess that determines what I
will be doing tomorrow with my First Earlies (Sharps Express). My
Caras (which I chose because of their Blight resistance so far look
healthy.

Damnit
JonH

I took the tops off the earlies that were affected, just a few only up to
now and left the healthy ones. I took the haulms home and they are in the
woodburner waiting to dry out a bit so they can be incinerated.
I haven't grown potatoes for years and I never had blight so I don't know
if I've made a bad decision by not digging all the earlies up even though
many of them don't seem to be affected - yet. I don't want the blight to
spread to the maincrop.
I am so glad I signed up to Bligh****ch. I got another warning by text
from them yesterday and it makes me travel a mile and a half to check my
potatoes.



All the allotments around where I live in County Durham seem to have very
poor crops this year of potatoes, peas, cabbage etc.

I grow my potatoes in plastic boxes and flower buickets, anything I can get
my hands on really, in my back yard. Already had 2 allotment holders tell me
that it looks like I have good crops. Here's hoping. Just hope the local
light fingered brigade don't harvest them one night before I get to them.
Jim G