Potato virus - what to do?

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Colin Miles
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Location: Llannon, Llanelli

I took advantage of the KG offer from T&M of the 60 exhibition potatoes plus the free Adora. Winston, Kestrel and Nadine are standing in pots together with Adora, which is in the ground - all on one plot. They all look exceedingly well and I have also had 5 pots of Adora in the greenhouse which have been very good. The other main crop varieties, Armour, Harmony and Maxine were planted in the ground in another plot somewhat later. Harmony and Maxine are doing ok - not nearly as well as the others - but at least 5 of the Armour are showing signs of virus. Curling and yellowing leaves. So I dug up the worst affected - nothing untowards underneath. Should I dig up the others or leave to struggle on? Or will they affect the other varieties?
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sally wright
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Location: Cambridge

Dear Colin,
get them out and bin them, really bin them not the compost bin. If they are left in the aphids will transfer the virus amongst the other plants.
Regards Sally Wright.
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