Potato planting 2018

[Honest john]

If the new tubers weren't going to be detrimental to the daughter then I wouldn't be too worried. Although I've got high tuber numbers already. Plant is going to struggle to feed what is there now without any more water. Fazor will surely stop any secondary growth and dollies.
Can it be applied with blight spray ?
How long will it take to work it's way down to the tubers? Label says not to harvest for at least 3 weeks. If it takes that long to travel down then the damage may already be done by then.

I put it on with Ranman.

Need 24hr dry ideally.

3weeks to burn off.

Tubbers needed for harvest min 25mm.

Less than 25C

 

[Fubar]

@Fubar, my agronomist was talking about putting fazor in with infinito next wk.

Really need to get out there with something a bit more robust than curzate I think. Have been a bit lax with blight spraying lately too.

What sort of water rates do you use?
It's cooled down but we've only had 10 15mm rain. Spuds will still be struggling. Could do with the same next weekend. Little and often is probably the best thing that we can hope for now.

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Where abouts are you @Fubar ?

I’d go with 300Lha I think.

 

[Fubar]

Where abouts are you @Fubar ?

I’d go with 300Lha I think.

Herefordshire. We seem to miss a lot of the showers just where we are. Unless it's a wet summer...then we tend to get every bleeding storm around.

 

[ridger]

Kerrs pink today

 

[ridger]

starting to lose colour

 

[chipchap]

Most of my crops haven't just lost colour, they've lost most of their leaves.

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Crops are looking like late August here today, had to remind myself while digging about that it was still July!

Ready for fazor in some, two weeks earlier than normal.

 

[Honest john]

Most of my crops haven't just lost colour, they've lost most of their leaves.

In all seriousness how are your crops doing.
Any photos ?

 

[Sonoftheheir]

Kerrs pink today View attachment 699580

Are they about the right size for the time of year?

 

[ridger]

Are they about the right size for the time of year?

I think so, later planted stuff is much better than earlier planted for some reason

 

[Sonoftheheir]

These poor sods aren’t a million miles away from me -

Taken just over a week ago.

 

[JLLM]

These poor sods aren’t a million miles away from me -
View attachment 699918
Taken just over a week ago.

Oh dear.

 

[rm1]

Oh dear.

To be fair it does not look like the most suitable potatoe land

 

[Honest john]

These poor sods aren’t a million miles away from me -
View attachment 699918
Taken just over a week ago.

I am just in from spraying a field of Agria. The headlands are Siggitta. It was a bit wet at planting & at Ploughing.
The Siggitta are 6" high & wide. The Agria are 15" high 12" wide.

Had a little dig about. Tubers 3 to 16 Ave 9.
The biggest Agria 55mm, Siggitta 60mm, Markie 50mm.

Need rain little and often.

 

[Sonoftheheir]

To be fair it does not look like the most suitable potatoe land

I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like it. Must of had money to throw away.

 

[Sonoftheheir]

I am just in from spraying a field of Agria. The headlands are Siggitta. It was a bit wet at planting & at Ploughing.
The Siggitta are 6" high & wide. The Agria are 15" high 12" wide.

Had a little dig about. Tubers 3 to 16 Ave 9.
The biggest Agria 55mm, Siggitta 60mm, Markie 50mm.

Need rain little and often.

Agria and Sagitta always seem to come good in the end. Think I may go back to Sagitta next year (if I can get the seed!)

 

[Honest john]

Agria and Sagitta always seem to come good in the end. Think I may go back to Sagitta next year (if I can get the seed!)

The Sagitta are looking OK apart from these headlands.

 

[ridger]

I don’t think I’ve ever seen anything like it. Must of had money to throw away.

The land I've taken would be gravelly like that a bit. Works well in a wet year

 

[farmerphilly]

Saggita never seems to throw many tubers which could be a blessing this year.