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whats eating me spud foliage

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whats eating me spud foliage
« on: June 19, 2012, 22:59 »
hi ya :) all the leaves of me spuds seem to have been eaten or stripped by somthing, what could this be, they are not shriveld up like spuds with blight i dident think slugs liked spud leaves..........pete
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Re: whats eating me spud foliage
« Reply #1 on: June 19, 2012, 23:13 »
Have a Google of Capsid Bug and see if it fits the bill. :)
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Re: whats eating me spud foliage
« Reply #2 on: June 20, 2012, 00:10 »
hi ya  :) its just dorned on me that the 2 rows of spuds that have there foliage eaten are on the edge of my plot next to a very over grown plot, could bugs or whatever be coming out from the over grown plot?..........pete
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Re: whats eating me spud foliage
« Reply #3 on: June 20, 2012, 00:59 »
Slugs LOVE potato foliage!! I'm growing in bags and found several plants stripped with tell-tale slime trails.
I did a slug hunt tonight and the plants were HEAVING with huge fat slugs which got scissored and I sprinkled some of the blue pellets for good measure.
I'll do another hunt late tomorrow night.
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Re: whats eating me spud foliage
« Reply #4 on: June 20, 2012, 06:17 »
Quote from: viettaclark on June 20, 2012, 00:59
Slugs LOVE potato foliage!!

They certainly do. ;)
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Re: whats eating me spud foliage
« Reply #5 on: June 20, 2012, 07:15 »
And you are right : they will be coming out at night from the herbage  ;)
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