Re: Oh Woe! Potato Wilt!

Sounds to me like the soil is too rich in organic matter.  That
condition leads to all sorts of nasty poblems -- both pest and disease. 
I always plant my spuds in the most barren part of the garden and never
use any compost or fertilizer.  I have an endemic late blight problem
but I always seem to get a good crop.  (The blight strikes after the
flowers fall.)

I lived in Fayetteville Tennessee from 1964-1969 (8-12 yrs old).

Steve  (Maritime...)

Julianne Wiley wrote:
> 
> >Julianne,
> >
> >At the risk of sounding a bit silly, what climate do you live in, when
> >did you plant the potatoes and have you ever grown potatoes before?
> >
> Not silly a'tall.
> 
> Upper East Tennessee. The earliest went in the second week of April and the
> last were in by the end of April.
> 
> Where we are planting:
> 
> Backyard - in tires and four foot round plastic thingies. We are filling
> both with composted leaves which we collected last fall. There is another
> patch which had been a garden site before, where we planted in rows. Again
> into basically a layer of composted leaves, mixed with store bought topsoil.
> Those are in raised beds.
> 
> The earliest 'taters are in the rows about knee high, and show no signs of
> distress.
> 
> It is showing up in the plastic things, and also in the later planted rows.
> 
> Have grown them - but not in these conditions.
> 
> Steve, thank you for the reply and any insight you may have.
> 
> Julianne
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