Topic: spuds

[mutty042130]

can any recommend spuds that slugs don't like lost 3 quarters of mine this year to-the little bleeders cheers

[keef]

Desiree are the best i reckon.

[mutty042130]

thanks anymore?

[manicscousers]

desiree and kestrel, they seem to be best...mind you, the wet would encourage the slugs this year, anyway  :(

[tim]

Blight resistant varieties? I lost the lot this year!!

Slugs? Reds seem to do better. But.......

http://potatoes.thompson-morgan.com/list/resists-slugs

Plus Accent & PFA.

[mutty042130]

thanks for all the help

[keef]

I wonder why slugs attack some varieties and not others ?

[OllieC]

I wonder why slugs attack some varieties and not others ?

It probably depends on whether they went to roast, chip or boil em!  ;D

[Mrs Ava]

International Kidney and Kestrel were untouched on my allotment.  Still have Maxine, PFA and a couple of others I can't remember to go.

[markyb23]

Hi, I've found Red Duke Of York, Sharpe's Express, Concorde and Kestrel to be pretty slug resistant.
  Best of luck, whatever you go for.

[isbister]

And we consistently find that Romano, along with RDoY and Desiree are greatly slug proof

[real food]

Further information on commercial potato variety characteristics, such as pest and disease resistance such as blight, and yield for common potato varieties, is available at http://www.potato.org.uk/department/export_and_seed/seed_variety_database/vartables.html

Under “variety tolerance tables”.

The tables are a bit complicated but can be useful. Remember that the higher the number up to 9, means greater resistance, though for slug resistance, I do not think that any are greater than 5.
I find that the coloured potatoes have better resistance, as the colour is contained in an extra layer of skin.
So far this year in Glasgow, even though it has been a bit wetter than usual, my potatoes have been almost slug free.

[Tora]

I can recommend PFA too. Other varieties I grew (Picasso and Pentlant Javelin) were badly eaten by slugs, woodlice and wireworms but PFA gave me loads of clean tubers.

[cornykev]

My Accent and Kestrel have bearly any slug damage, yet to dig up PFA and King Eds.  ;D ;D ;D

[kt.]

desiree and kestrel, they seem to be best...mind you, the wet would encourage the slugs this year, anyway  :(

My best 2 varieties this year, & every year with kestrel. No slug damage. As for Cara and Pentland Crown... well I got about 2/3 of my crop undamaged.