[wrinkly1]

  i am losing my potatoes every time with slug holes. i,ve heard of nematodes. has anyone any info .  or used it .  or any other remedy. 

[surbie100]

Yes, I used them this year on the potatoes and my other roots beds. Seemed to work very well, with minimal slug damage to the potatoes that grew through the deluge.

[icbradley]

I had spotless potatoes this year.  I signed up for two deliveries and applied the nematodes twice. Everything else was hit by slugs.  Varieties were Charlotte and Valor.

[mumofstig]

Some potato varieties are more susceptible to slug damage than others - so choosing your variety carefully will also help a lot

Some of us sprinkle a few slug pellets when we plant potatoes and then add a few more when we earth up - which also seems to help

[Annen]

I tried nematodes this year, but owing to not reading the instructions properly I spread the mixture over the whole plot instead of half the plot. :blink:
But even so I don't seem to have been as badly affected as other people.  I haven't seen many slugs and only a few snails and the slug bait seems to have held them at bay.
Its quite expensive though.

[Growster...]

Some potato varieties are more susceptible to slug damage than others - so choosing your variety carefully will also help a lot

Some of us sprinkle a few slug pellets when we plant potatoes and then add a few more when we earth up - which also seems to help

That's sound advice Mums. There's quite a large list of slug varieties, some which like to wander around, hoping for the pellets to get watered in, and then they start out again with a vengeance!

Keep 'em on their toes I say, it's them or us I'm afraid!

I am spending a bit of time researching nematodes as we speak, as they are becoming more acceptable, and hopefully cheaper; but that's until the people in 'Sproutland' get wind of them and start interfering...;0(

[finleyfreyaseth]

been reading up myself on them but price seems bit high to justify them,had great success with margpots sunk in ground and topped up we bitter 25p a can at as.a,te..o etc as well as sprinklin slug pellets

[SG6]

You simply buy them and water them on to the plot. Has to be done in spring as they need a temperature of (I think) 12C and above to survive and do anything.

I stopped growing pototoes in the ground and simply plant containers with them now as I never had a great deal of success ever with them. Some reason always better in containers, so stuck to that.

[digga666]

I thought slugs only attacked spuds after they had been damaged usually by wireworm?

[surbie100]

I thought slugs only attacked spuds after they had been damaged usually by wireworm?

Oh noooooooooooooooooooo.........l'il critters will go for them any time.

[wrinkly1]

many thanks. mixed response but nothing to lose ;so i,ll try it