Potato blight

[Hindsight]

Yep never had this bad blight patches in all the years I've been spraying. Hopefully won't transfer into store too much and the prices will hold up

Which county you in? So far I have seen a scattering of lesions in leaf. Friday found two little outbreaks under trees where am pretty sure the sprayer hasn't quite caught the outside two fully and possibly the sprayer boom dragged into the crop canopy. Flailed off Friday afternoon. No diquat of course.

 

[Sonoftheheir]

This is what I found -

 

[Devil's advocate]

Blackleg?! Bard and Marfona noted. In practice is a rot in the bag, so Blackleg or Blight not good for the buyer! There are still some old crop Melody and whites in cold stores. Quite a few been going for stockfeed (£12t) or peeling (£40t) past couple of weeks as stores emptied. Few growers been holding hoping for a late season demand. Packers got adequate supplies. You could be doiing with a few of those but doubt these find there way to wholsesale markets.

We have customers who prefer old crop but the excellent run of Marforna ran out. Some issues with Bakers having very small sprouts & customers complaining. We told one shop to sling their hook fed up of them whinging.

 

[Hindsight]

This is what I found -

Yep, that is about the measure of it. After tomorrow some sunny, dry and warm weather hopefully dry it up.

 

[Hindsight]

We have customers who prefer old crop but the excellent run of Marforna ran out. Some issues with Bakers having very small sprouts & customers complaining. We told one shop to sling their hook fed up of them whinging.

The small sprouts result of lack of CIPC I expect. Maleic plus spearmint or Ethylene has worked well but not quite the sprout suppressant of CIPC.

 

[Bigjon44]

Down near sandwich in Kent
Just been very unseasonable and changeable weather this summer plus high wind allowing for less ideal spray days and greater chance for blight to rear its ugly head

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Tops on Agria have grown away from the sprayer on field edges, and let blight start on unprotected foliage-

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Amazing how the blight finds the plants, it has been 5 weeks of continuous blight periods though.

And we have had 2-3 seasons without hardly any.

Ive been spraying every week with a very robust program.

 

[Hindsight]

Tops on Agria have grown away from the sprayer on field edges, and let blight start on unprotected foliage-

Yes, same here. Found two areas next to hedge Friday on a farm where tops flopped away from the ridge. Flailed off.

 

[Hindsight]

Amazing how the blight finds the plants, it has been 5 weeks of continuous blight periods though.

And we have had 2-3 seasons without hardly any.

Ive been spraying every week with a very robust program.

The air will be full of trillions of spores. I am always amazed how well the fungicides work. This week dry with sunny days should help us get back on top. Crisp it up.

 

[Bigjon44]

Yes same here with 2 rounds of zorvec but it has still found its way in.just hope fingers crossed its just a few leaf lesions and doesn't work its way too far into the stems.just need to keep going for 2/3 more weeks then can burn down

 

[Onion grower]

Off topic l know but what’s everybody’s thoughts on ahdb potato levy are we just topping redundancy payments up ?

 

[chipchap]

Not even sent in a planting return yet

 

[Bigjon44]

Hopefully it will be abolished!!

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Not even sent in a planting return yet

Do we need to?

 

[Bigjon44]

Should have been done in April

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Should have been done in April

Haven’t done it this year, and they haven’t chased it up.

 

[Bigjon44]

Don't worry about it then.i think it's gonna go anyway

 

[ridger]

Yes same here with 2 rounds of zorvec but it has still found its way in.just hope fingers crossed its just a few leaf lesions and doesn't work its way too far into the stems.just need to keep going for 2/3 more weeks then can burn down

I have lost faith in zorvec, the only time this past 2 years that I have had blight is 7 days after spraying with it. And they say leave for 10 days between sprays, is that so that they can sell something that works then

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Any blight over there this season @ridger ?