[sunshineband]

So this is the plan....

..... no Jeyes fluid 

......... lots of potato chunks on sticks buried all over the bad area about a foot apart and regular removal of wireworms from the spuds. Replace them when they start to rot.

.............. also use a few of the old cabbage stalks form the school plot in a similar way.

-- lay them out to kind of barricade off our beds from the bad bit.

Sounds good 

I'll let you know  

[sloworm]

please excuse my ignorance on the subject of wire worms but do they eat more than just potatoes? i have found some and stick them on dish for the birds to eat.

[sunshineband]

They eat anyhting juicy in the way of roots, including wheat plants roots too 

[sloworm]

Oh dear cold that be why I didn't manage to grow any carrots last year then! 

[sunshineband]

Oh dear cold that be why I didn't manage to grow any carrots last year then! 

Could be but could have been carrot root fly, slugs, didn't plant any seeds 

Not sure 

[madcat]

Are you going to borrow the hens for a few hours first?   

[sunshineband]

No as I can't ensure they don't escape, and I don't know the owner all that well -- only met them once 

[stentman]

So this is the plan............. lots of potato chunks on sticks buried all over the bad area about a foot apart and regular removal of wireworms from the spuds. Replace them when they start to rot.

Old bloke near to me does that sort of diced spud kebab sticks. He reckons because you have cut up the spuds they provide an aroma that is more attractive to the beasties.

[peterjf]

ill borrow the hens after you please , when can i expect them , im in hull , east yorks

[sunshineband]

So this is the plan............. lots of potato chunks on sticks buried all over the bad area about a foot apart and regular removal of wireworms from the spuds. Replace them when they start to rot.

Old bloke near to me does that sort of diced spud kebab sticks. He reckons because you have cut up the spuds they provide an aroma that is more attractive to the beasties.

What sort of results does he get stentman?

[PennyS]

ill borrow the hens after you please , when can i expect them , im in hull , east yorks

After you please, I'm only in Oxfordshire.
These could be well-travelled hens 

[madcat]

Do I sense a business opportunity?  Traveling wire worm removers, with added fertilizers? 

[stentman]

What sort of results does he get stentman?

It's only the second year of our allotment site which was grassland for decades (it's my first) but the guy is adamant he had fewer problems last year with his spuds than his plot neighbours by using this method.

[sunshineband]

Glad to hear that stent man as I am still busy setting out those potato kebabs 

Only got five wireworms this morning from 30 traps so either they have all wriggled away to the other end where my seed potatoes are or I might be slowly winning 

[GreenOwl]

I believe mustard is supposed to speed up the lifecycle of wireworms.  I'm planning on growing mustard as a green manure on some of the plot so we'll see what happens.  Let you know in a couple of years