slugs in potatoes

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SimonH

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slugs in potatoes
« on: October 14, 2014, 15:12 »
Has anyone had any success with stopping slugs eating potatoes? If so, how?

Almost my whole crop has been affected this year.

I have looked on the forum to see if there is already a subject on this but haven't found it!

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Simon

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Rampant_Weasel

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Re: slugs in potatoes
« Reply #1 on: October 14, 2014, 15:39 »
slug pellets, chimney soot when u plant.
resistant varieties such as kestrel or sarpo mira

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mumofstig

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Re: slugs in potatoes
« Reply #2 on: October 14, 2014, 16:04 »
You asked the same question last year  ::)
http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=111257.msg1259483#msg1259483

Did you try any of the suggestions given then?

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Re: slugs in potatoes
« Reply #3 on: October 14, 2014, 19:05 »
I put down a few slug pellets early this year and planted charlotte. Very few were affected by slugs. In another area I was later putting down the pellets and a lot were holey.

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Re: slugs in potatoes
« Reply #4 on: October 14, 2014, 21:49 »
Something worked then!

I find that potatoes left in the ground after about mid-August invariably get slug damage, especially if it is wet.

My solution is to grow second earlies and lift in good time. As long as the tops are removed 2 weeks before lifting to allow the skins to set they keep right through the Winter. Tops are usually removed by then because of blight anyway.


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