Topic: slug resistant potatoes?

[manicscousers]

when the potatoes started swelling, they only work for about 6 weeks so, pick your time well,
 we didn't do our earlies or second earlies and had very little slug damage

DONT BUY YOUR SEED FROM THE SHEDS! by telboy

Why?

[Svea]

Ktlawson, I grew Desiree a couple of years ago and they were riddled with slug holes.

that's interesting - my desiree are the least slug affected on my plot. number of holes in total tends to zero. i did have almost all my stemster eaten though!
my earlies are nicola and my lates were arran victory this year - might grow a different late potato as wasn't 100% impressed.

[RSJK]

DONT BUY YOUR SEED FROM THE SHEDS! by telboy

 What sheds Telboy, and as manicscousers says  why

[Merry Tiller]

Think he means the DIY "sheds" ie. Homebase, B&Q etc.

[telboy]

MT,
Correct, that's how I suffered 'Ring RoT'.

[cornykev]

I got kestrel so lets see, other lotties on my site swear by them.   ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

[philcooper]

MT,
Correct, that's how I suffered 'Ring RoT'.

Did you report this? - Ring Rot is a notifable disease and remains in the soil for many years

Phil

[telboy]

Phil,
I am still pulling occasional spuds out of store which appear to have ring rot/brown rot?
I appreciate RR is notifiable but wanted to be sure. Having read Rhys' thread of last September, I am now wondering if the problem is Internal Heat Necrosis after all, as posted by Kepouros. This could be logical with the summer we had. I have not suffered from many problems in my long allotment past, and considering the drought conditions, my crop was pretty d**n good.
Having done a good 'google', I may now have been confused by the similar internal appearance of the above mentioned.

[philcooper]

It's unlikely to be ring rot but the list of local plant health offices (in England) is at http://www.defra.gov.uk/planth/offices.pdf

As it's better to be safe than sorry, just give your local office a ring

Phil

[telboy]

Phil,
Thanks for that.