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Blight Warning: Tuesday Onwards

My Potatoes · 2013-07-22 10:06:29

http://www.met.ie/nationalwarnings/default.asp Blight Warning Weather conditions conducive to the spread of potato blight will develop in places from Tuesday onwards as unstable, showery conditions gradually become widespread. There will be opportunities for spraying today. Issued:Monday 22 July 2013 06:00

22-07-2013 11:06am

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http://www.met.ie/nationalwarnings/default.asp

Blight Warning
Weather conditions conducive to the spread of potato blight will develop in places from Tuesday onwards as unstable, showery conditions gradually become widespread. There will be opportunities for spraying today.

Issued:Monday 22 July 2013 06:00

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#2 23-07-2013 10:44am

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My Potatoes wrote: »

There will be opportunities for spraying today.

What do you recommend?

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#3 23-07-2013 10:49am

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I use Burgundy Mixture:
http://www.gardenplansireland.com/forum/about1313.html

Dithane is popular in the garden centres:
http://cx29.justhost.com/~ashwood4/wp-content/uploads/2010/08/Dithane-945-Blight-Control-300g.jpg

As is Vitax Bordeaux Mixture:
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Vitax-Bordeaux-Mixture-175G/dp/B000TASTWW/ref=sr_1_4?s=outdoors&ie=UTF8&qid=1374572930&sr=1-4&keywords=dithane+945

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