Taking precautions

After work, I thought I'd nip over to the plot to remove some of the leaves that seem to be showing signs of blight in an effort to prevent it getting worse. There were more affect bits than I thought there would be. I stuffed a carrier bag full of leaves and branches that had brown patches (see piccie below).



By and large, the foliage looks very healthy - certainly better than last year. I may have to consider digging the spuds up at the weekend if it gets any worse. At the very least, I should try to earth the spuds up a little more.

Apparently, you can even buy blight testing kits (http://www.pocketcheck.co.uk/product_ranges/30/potato). Wow.