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Tag Archives: potato blight

Potato blight and Bordeaux Mixture

Posted by Lila Das Gupta at 1:49 pm on Friday 16 April 2010 24 Comments
Chitted potatoes ready for planting

I’m in a quandary over what to do about potato blight (Phytophthora infestans), a fungal infection that causes foliage to develop dark patches and can result in the rotting of the tubers.

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Potato blight

Posted by Pippa Greenwood at 4:54 pm on Thursday 9 July 2009 31 Comments
Foliage displaying symptoms of potato blight

I have a horrible feeling that potato blight is just around the corner. The weather has been just perfect for this horrible fungal infection to wreak havoc on everyone’s home-grown spuds.

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Garden bonfires: ashes to ashes

Posted by James Alexander-Sinclair at 11:12 am on Tuesday 18 November 2008 7 Comments
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Everybody loves a bonfire: it’s one of those autumn things. Smoke that is both acrid and nut sweet, flames lighting up the gloom…

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