Archive Article: 2002/05/17

17 May 2002

Desiree potatoes get their third blight spray of the season, 2kg/ha of Curzate (cymoxanil + mancozeb) plus Bond, at Russel Smith Farms, near Duxford, Cambs. "We had a heavy blight period at the end of last week," comments farm foreman Paul Bex. The hint of yellow on the leaves is a hangover from pre-emergence linuron and PDQ (paraquat + diquat).