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potatoes
alan horsley
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I grow four rows of Cara potatoes, this year I have had problems with wire worms, although the crops are very good, the larger potatoes suffer from wire worms. Any suggest ready for next year
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Is it a relatively new bed? Was it lawn before it was potato patch?
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
No, we have had the allotment for apron 5 years,
Hmm, wireworm are often a problem in old grassland that has been put to vegetables in the first year, but as they're the larvae of click beetles that live in the grass, as they pupate and turn into adults they then leave the veg patch move to grassland.
The traditional remedy for wireworm is to run some poultry on the land for a while - they'll clear them up.
Another solution is to grow earlier maturing potatoes - it tends to be later maturing types that suffer the most.
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
thanks for that will try earlier varieties next year
I find Kestrel are very pest resistant - they're a 2nd early.
Had the same problem a few years ago, now grow pink fir apple and charlottes - great results.
hi Nadine and charlotte
they have been great and no damage
happy gardening
Thanks for all the suggestions, I will give some of the brands mentioned a try next year