potato blight

MFdaveIreland

Have a bit of blight in the spuds. Have pulled some the infected leaves and that. Have sprayed them every 10 days sprayed 3 times now. Will the blight spread into spuds that are sprayed with dithane fungicide or will they be protected. Whats the best plan of attack. Appreciated dave

9935452

When there was signs of blight the father would increase his spraying to once per 7 days til it was gone

madmaggie

Lads, ye may all sign up for the training course or ye won't be buying anymore spray. Did ye ever hear of such bull.

MFdaveIreland

9935452 wrote: »

When there was signs of blight the father would increase his spraying to once per 7 days til it was gone

I sprayed on saturday there was going to go tonight again as it rained abit on saturday. Might be too short of a window?

BnB

We have used Dithane for years but I have run out of the stuff.

I have heard that it is gone off the market or at least very difficult to get. Is there any alternative available that people here have used and would recommend ?

madmaggie

BnB wrote: »

We have used Dithane for years but I have run out of the stuff.

I have heard that it is gone off the market or at least very difficult to get. Is there any alternative available that people here have used and would recommend ?

You can use Bordeaux Mixture, but plenty of Dithane in my local agri store.

MFdaveIreland

BnB wrote: »

We have used Dithane for years but I have run out of the stuff.

I have heard that it is gone off the market or at least very difficult to get. Is there any alternative available that people here have used and would recommend ?

I got a smaller tin 300g i think from garden store 2 years ago. Bought 2kg dithane dry flowable from farm store. 18 sterling . I mix 9 grams (table spoon to a gallon. So 4 x tbsp into a 20litre knacksack and so forth.

Genghis Cant

In blighty type weather we'd spray every week and switch or alternate Dithane with Ridomil.

If it gets in its damage limitation time.