This is my entire crop of first early potatoes – a 14cm plant pot almost-full. Okay, so that’s not very many potatoes from four plants, but there were dozens more teeny-tiny ones clinging to the roots. Skycarrots reliably informs me that if I’d been better at watering them, the tiny potatoes would have been much bigger – which would have doubled my crop!
So, I’m trying to remember to water my main crop potatoes more often (not that they’ve needed any help this past couple of thundery days!), but I’m a bit worried about some yellow and brown patches on a few of the leaves. I’m not sure whether it’s the beginnings of blight, or whether the plants have just gone a bit crispy in the hot weather. I think I’d better get rid of the affected leaves, just in case. If it is blight, and it travels to my tomato plants, I’ll be very upset!