[muntjac]

i believe there is a plant that will help kill off potato eelworm etc ........if ........you can use it as a green manure it may do a great deal of good for root veggies next spring,its called solanum sisymbriifolium. branston foilsis and i am going to be trialling it on the new garden i took over for the old folks .

[WG.]

Also tagetes minuta

[richyrich7]

Or Bio sterilant mustard sounds like something from WW1 !

Lets us know how good your stuff is Muntjac

[mkhenry]

Or Bio sterilant mustard sounds like something from WW1 !

Lets us know how good your stuff is Muntjac

How does that affect the worms Richy.

[richyrich7]

Apparently when you dig it in it releases gas ( mustard gas ? ) and kills fungi, invertebrates etc in the soil. If you follow the link there's a better explanation.

[WG.]

Apparently when you dig it in it releases gas ( mustard gas ? )  

I do hope not!

[richyrich7]

Apparently when you dig it in it releases gas ( mustard gas ? )  

I do hope not!

Well it's organic, must be if the gases are made by the plant

[WG.]

It was the mustard gas bit I was meaning RR.  Mustard Gas was used in chemical warfare (notably WW1 trench warfare by both sides & by Saddam Hussein against the Kurds) and was named for its colour : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustard_gas

[mkhenry]

It was the mustard gas bit I was meaning RR.  Mustard Gas was used in chemical warfare (notably WW1 trench warfare by both sides & by Saddam Hussein against the Kurds) and was named for its colour : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mustard_gas

In my teens I had to go to a famous Hospital in Richmond Surrey.

Some of the old boys there I got to know very well.Ex military men one and all.
Some had been gassed in the great war and had never left hospital.Some only had part of their lungs left.It was the most defining moment of my life up until then.To hear first hand the individual horror stories,and learn about acts of incredable bravery,left its mark on me.I for one will never forget them.Yet very few lessons were learned.The world has never been at peace since then and I dont suppose it will ever be.  :shock:

[brucesgirl]

I agree MK. I have read quite a lot about WW1 and in my opinion it was the most vicious, just can't think of any words to sum up the horrendousness of it.
And then there were the people at home handing out white feathers to those who weren't fighting!
Local lad here killed a couple of weeks ago from 'friendly fire' and it all just makes my blood boil.

[mkhenry]

I agree MK. I have read quite a lot about WW1 and in my opinion it was the most vicious, just can't think of any words to sum up the horrendousness of it.
And then there were the people at home handing out white feathers to those who weren't fighting!
Local lad here killed a couple of weeks ago from 'friendly fire' and it all just makes my blood boil.

Did you know that they were given a type of "Ecstacy Pill" to stave off hunger,but the plan back fired,they just did not want to fight, just sit and lay around laughing and joking.

Its a great pity both sides were not given these pills.

[brucesgirl]

What does an eelworm look like?Our spuds have holes in and some of them still had the worm inside. It was really black with a coppery sheen, and the reticulations (is that the right word?) were extremely close together. At first sight it looks like a shiny black screw.
I looked up eelworm and it said they were yellow.
These worms are really hard to squash under foot.
What are they if not eelworms?

[muntjac]

woodlouse ?

[WG.]

What does an eelworm look like?Our spuds have holes in and some of them still had the worm inside. It was really black with a coppery sheen, and the reticulations (is that the right word?) were extremely close together. At first sight it looks like a shiny black screw.
I looked up eelworm and it said they were yellow.
These worms are really hard to squash under foot.
What are they if not eelworms?

Millipede (there are variations to the one pictured)

[brucesgirl]

It doesn't have any legs. If it is a millipede would it eat the potatoes?
Sorry WG, can't open the picture, just got a red cross on the page.