Potatoes

I did not harvest my potatoes, and I do believe they had blight. Now what do I do for the new season?

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#1 Comment By Alisma On 02/13/2017 @ 5:03 pm

There are two diseases of potatoes that are commonly called blight: late blight and early blight. The following articles will help you identify them and will give you information on treatment.
https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=217 ^[1]
http://vegetablemdonline.ppath.cornell.edu/factsheets/Potato_LateBlt.htm ^[2]
http://ipm.uconn.edu/documents/raw2/Early%20Blight%20and%20Late%20Blight%20of%20Potato/Early%20Blight%20and%20Late%20Blight%20of%20Potato.php?aid=52 ^[3]
http://vegetablemdonline.ppath.cornell.edu/factsheets/Potato_EarlyBlt.htm ^[4]

If you determine that your potatoes had one of these diseases, the best option for next year is to rotate crops- plant something that’s not in the nightshade (Solanaceae) plant family and that therefore won’t be susceptible to the same diseases:
https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/vgen/nightshade-vegetable.htm ^[5]

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URLs in this post:

[1] https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=217: https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=217

[2] http://vegetablemdonline.ppath.cornell.edu/factsheets/Potato_LateBlt.htm: http://vegetablemdonline.ppath.cornell.edu/factsheets/Potato_LateBlt.htm

[3] http://ipm.uconn.edu/documents/raw2/Early%20Blight%20and%20Late%20Blight%20of%20Potato/Early%20Blight%20and%20Late%20Blight%20of%20Potato.php?aid=52: http://ipm.uconn.edu/documents/raw2/Early%20Blight%20and%20Late%20Blight%20of%20Potato/Early%20Blight%20and%20Late%20Blight%20of%20Potato.php?aid=52

[4] http://vegetablemdonline.ppath.cornell.edu/factsheets/Potato_EarlyBlt.htm: http://vegetablemdonline.ppath.cornell.edu/factsheets/Potato_EarlyBlt.htm

[5] https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/vgen/nightshade-vegetable.htm: https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/vegetables/vgen/nightshade-vegetable.htm

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