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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: mdjlucan on August 16, 2017, 13:47

Title: Potatoes
Post by: mdjlucan on August 16, 2017, 13:47

Potatoes just lifting my potatoes what's causing the little holes

Title: Re: Potatoes
Post by: JayG on August 16, 2017, 14:19

Wireworms or slugs - first is more likely on soil recently used for grass, second more likely if your soil is heavy and wet.

Title: Re: Potatoes
Post by: greenjay on August 16, 2017, 20:23

agreed wire worm

Title: Re: Potatoes
Post by: mdjlucan on August 17, 2017, 04:38

wot the best way to get read of them thanks

Title: Re: Potatoes
Post by: victoria park on August 17, 2017, 05:58

Here's some handy tips and how to utilise some ruined potatoes as pest control.

 https://www.planetnatural.com/pest-problem-solver/garden-pests/wireworm-control/  (https://www.planetnatural.com/pest-problem-solver/garden-pests/wireworm-control/)