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.AdamDon't worry if the foliage dies down, leave the spuds in the compost and they should keep well till Christmas.More on growing potatoesHow to chit potatoes Growing early potatoesAdvice on potato blightHow to grow potatoes in a bin

there are lots more potatoes out there, but Charlotte is just superb.I haven't started lifting my main crop potatoes yet but I think I may have to soon. Like Pippa, the foliage of my plants has started to show signs of blight. That mottled, spotty, slightly

I'm a big fan of home-grown potatoes. They're top for taste, texture and our carbon footprint. So they're a crop I'd recommend anyone to grow, and if you're going to do it, you may as well get as early a crop as possible.When I did my MSc in 'Crop

into the sunshine and rest them on bricks to ripenIdentify plants showing symptoms of potato blight, and immediately remove affected leaves and stemsOrder garlic bulbs and onion sets for autumn plantingPrune out fruited canes on summer-cropping raspberries

of these on the plants when I get there - the smaller gardeners in the family wait for them to ripen like a pair of vultures! Certainly one I'll have next year. Fingers crossed, none of the outdoor tomatoes have got blight yet, despite the fact that the potatoes went

plants in our video from the Gardeners' World garden at Berryfields.courgettes, outdoor cucumbers, marrows, pumpkins, squashesearly summer Common problems affecting vegetable plantsPotato blightPea and bean weevilsCarrot root fly

Spray potatoes and outdoor tomatoes with Bordeaux mixture or similar to prevent blightThin heavy crops of apples, pears and plumsTie in new raspberry canes to support wiresCover brassicas with fine netting to prevent cabbage white butterflies laying

Harvest onions sown last autumn for early cropsWater celery regularly in dry weatherBury shoot tips of blackberries and peg them down to raise new plantsPrune out about a quarter of the oldest branches on blackcurrantsSpray potatoes and outdoor

that managed to escape the dreaded potato blight were enthusiastically hoovered up by the family months ago ("they're so much nicer than the shop-bought potatoes").But this year, having sown surplus seed from a Gardeners' World growing trial, I'm enjoying

I'm delighted to tell you that my main crop potatoes look absolutely fine and dandy. The tops were completely dead from blight - they were as lush and lovely as anything a fortnight ago - but I've got the spuds out before they were affected. Hooray