[steve G]

not only am i new to this p-c stuff also allotment's so please forgive my ignorance,right my first year was great,problem now i'm hooked(said with tongue in cheek)i had some great spuds 1st 2nds the lot went on to me main crop,what the hell?blooming wire worm,never heard of em,must have lost 2 1/3rd's me crop,right i'll get the *,bromophos/chlorophos that seem's to be what the book's say,ah i hear you cry don't believe every you read,no but seriuosly can i find it any where most shop's so far around where i live,ely,cambs,is it my age or am i talking giberish,iv'e trying to find any one over 20 that might have heard of this stuff is it band under eec reg's,as being harmfull to wire worms?or is it disguised under another name

[muntjac]

they are now banned if memory serves .go to a good garden centre and check for new products .lime any ground heavily for woire worm, dont grow spuds for a couple years on that ground .grow loads veggies   green cabbage types  

[milkman]

obtain some mustard green manure seed, sow this in early spring where you plan to grow your spuds - it's usually quick to germinate and quick to grow, then dig it in a few weeks before planting your spuds - the description in organic gardening seed catalogue is thus:

May help to control wireworms which are fond of the decomposing plants and eat enough to reach adulthood in a single season, then fly away to find grassland in which to lay their eggs.

Good luck.

[gobs]

If I'm only 16 will you still listen? No ageism, please, either.

If your plot has not been cultivated previously, you will have them all sorts of worms and grubs eating at your roots for 2-3 seasons, after that they should really disappear just through ordinary cultivation, anyway.

It's not nice but not worth getting mad about.

[mkhenry]

If you are growing spuds and wireworm becomes a problem try the following.

Bury up and down the plot potatoe peelings,mark the places were you have buried them well.
In a few days dig them up along with some wireworms that will be feeding on them.REmove and replace with fresh peelings.
Keep doing this and you will be reducing the infestation.Those you remove will not be eating your c   rop.