taken on Sept 5...and still blooming and healthy as all get out. No late bight here but lots on some of the susceptible varieties that I planted for comparison.
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I dislike being a wet blanket, but i believe there is a serious problem with leaving tubers in the ground till the following year.
......a vector for late blight spores is over wintered potatoes.
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For the very reason most folks should probably not do this...I am doing it for showing the resistance to late blight that is so important for me producing new varieties from TPS. I have two generations removed from these Magic Dragons also showing great blight resistance in this same field. Growing a population of nearly 100 clones for three seasons straight is promising in that the blight is not mutating enough or fast enough to damage previously resistant vines.
I will post some more pictures as I get them up to date.