Potato Plant Question

[2busy]

I just found a potato bug on one of mine this morning.

Are these blight as well?

I uprooted the one that was heavily infected from my other post. You can’t even compost them. Gotta throw the em in the trash. Now I’m wondering if all that soil is contaminated as well.

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Top picture looks like herbicide damage.

 

[Coug91]

Potato beetle. Dose them with powdered carbaryl... "Sevin". Not blight.

 

[CoronaBorealis]

Top picture looks like herbicide damage.

Definitely not herbicide.

 

[2busy]

Just wondering

what you planted them in.

 

[dennishoddy]

Well, I’ve been gone since Tuesday and came home to find potato bugs in one of my beds.
I don’t know whether to spray them or pull up the plants. I’m not hung up on being organic, but I’m not a fan of using chemicals on stuff I intend to eat.
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Diatomaceous earth will kill them and isn’t a chemical.

 

[CoronaBorealis]

Just wondering what you planted them in.

Hmm...bagged compost from Lowes, mixed with my own compost. We don't spray our yard though.

I pulled the most affected plant a few days ago, but then today went back to the soil to check if any tubers were actually present. To my surprise we found a small bucket full! Now I'm excited to see what my healthier plants might produce. This is our first year doing potatoes.