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Blight or Blackleg
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Bertie Doe wrote: Looks like damp weather due to adj Jet-streams are going to be a feature of our climate but I guess the obvious answer is to have a get-together with the other allotments and agree to a ban on spuds - but for how many years? Forget it. Blight is hosted by too many wild plants for that to work, and is carried by the wind. We used to lead the world in agricultural research, but the DTI always loathed that, and Thatcher allowed them to destroy it. Breeding resistant varieties is the only long-term solution, though Bordeaux mixture can help. Ah thanks Nick, I'll pencil in Bordeaux for next year. I assume you spray as soon as haulms/leaves poke thru'? No. Sign up to Bligh****ch, and spray when a Smith period (or the equivalent) is forecast. I don't grow potatoes any longer, because my soil has spraing and both kinds of eelworm. Regards, Nick Maclaren. |
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Blight or Blackleg
"Nick Maclaren" wrote in message ... In article , Bertie Doe wrote: Ah thanks Nick, I'll pencil in Bordeaux for next year. I assume you spray as soon as haulms/leaves poke thru'? No. Sign up to Bligh****ch, and spray when a Smith period (or the equivalent) is forecast. I don't grow potatoes any longer, because my soil has spraing and both kinds of eelworm. I've signed up for 'Bligh****ch' which also links to an interesting RHS article, although the future does look bleak. |
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