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Gardening Know How Questions & Answers - https://questions.gardeningknowhow.comI 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] 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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1 Comment To "Potatoes"
#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]