Potato Blight Alert

If you're eyeing up your spuds with dreams of fresh new potatoes tossed in real butter or crispy bakers with cheese, think back a bit to the devastating plague of Potato Blight last year. Not only did the fungus wipe out potato crops but quickly turned tomato plants brown and nasty too. A little preparation now will see your crop armed against the pesky fungus and bags of beautiful fresh potatoes will be just waiting for you to bestow upon them your every culinary desire.

So nip down to your local garden centre and stock up on a preventative blight control, Bayer Garden Dithane is one of the best. Listen out for blight reports on local radio in your area or start spraying every 7 - 10 days as soon as warm humid nights set in - usually from early July.

For further information to protect your potatoes from blight visit the RHS website by clicking here, alternatively to see if blight has struck in your area visit the Potato Council website by clicking here

If you would like to read more about the solution to Potato blight, visit our Garden Doctor pages