potatoes v slugs

nematodes were my saviour at the plot. 1st couple of years my spuds were destroyed, until I started using nematodes. Like already said, I find slugs don't touch my Charlottes mind you.

The slugs that do the worst damage to potatoes actually live in the soil rather than the big fat ugly ones that you see on the surface, so pellets only have a limited use where you need it and there is a risk of poisoning the soil if you add too many. 

An alternate would be to try growing a mustard green manure where you intend to grow potatoes and digging it in 2 weeks before planting potatoes.  Mustard has biofumigation properties - chopping up the vegetation and covering it with soil and plastic sheeting soon after to retain the gasses is supposed to reduce pest levels.  However, remember mustard is a brassica so susceptible to club root (and building up a reservoir if your plot is already infested)  You could add lime to the bed as a preventative, but then some potato varieties grown in the plot soon after will readily form scabs (doesn't affect the potato's eating qualities but the skin looks unpleasant and may reduce the potato's storage qualities too)  I think growing slug resistant varieties are really the way to go.

You and me both.

When planting my spuds, I dig a trench, throw in the horse muck, handful of slug pellets, put a bit of soil on top of that then stick in the spuds.

Sounds like a good Idea I'll give that a go .Thanks guys

after you have planted the row sprinkle chimney soot along the row before you cover them up again.i think i had 3 or 4 damaged tubers last year from 12 rows of potatoes.

lady christl,nadine and sarpo axona, its the soot that keeps the slugs at bay tho, ive grown the first 2 b4 and some were riddled with them.