I planted potatoes a month ago and they were looking fine. Then they turned brown and died. I pulled up the vines and dug up the soil but no potatoes.
My tomatoes been looking pretty brown too I been water them with baking soda and so far so good they are still doing ok.
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- Green Thumb
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Same here with the potatoes. I just dug up the 5 pounds of butterfingers that I planted in spring and got about 3 pounds of mostly pea sized potatoes. Some were big enough. Nothing longer than my finger. The irish whites were dead a month ago. We dug them up and ate them in one meal. IDK...if I plant again, it'll have to be something fun and showy. Like purple sweet potatoes, or maybe the pink potatoes, or maybe the all blues. They were pretty much a novelty item in my garden. Just thought I would give em a try.
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Mine never flowered and seem to never do in the 2 years I have grown them. But same here blight got mine though I did have a somewhat decent harvest. At least we were able to eat fresh potatoes. I did replant in the same spot just to see if I could squeeze out a few more. In one bed they all rotted, I put some sweet potatoes in there yesterday from some slips I had growing. The other bed the potatoes are growing but slowly. We shall see if I get anything. It's worth a try to me.