Spuds & Slugs

[Monika]

I suppose this is a daft question but is there such a thing as a potato which slugs leave alone?

This year my husband has grown 'Saxon' and it has been an excellent cropper, but about a third of it has slug damage.

The other question is: Have all potato crops been good this year because of the weather, or is 'Saxon' a good cropper anyway?

Finally, what variety do the really experienced gardeners on here favour?

[Monika]

[tim]

Variety? How long is a piece of string!!

I find the reds a bit better than the whites.

[Mrs Ava]

My kestrel are pest free and fabulous.  In the spring when the seed catalogues come out they often list slug resistant varieties.

[allaboutliverpool]

My Bonnie, Exquisa, Pink fir apples, and Black truffle are fine.

I think the slugs drowned!

[Multiveg]

Maybe they prefer meat - just started reading Shaun Hutson's horror novel - Slugs! They slime, they ooze, they kill...

[Kepouros]

Among the first earlies, Foremost is undoubtedly the most slug free, being rarely attacked.  Kestrel is probably the best of the second earlies for this.  Regrettably, although I have in my time grown almost every one of the best known varieties of maincrop, I have never found one that stands out for slug resistance.

[Mrs Ava]

Golden Wonder was absolutely the worst for me.  From an entire harvest I didn't have one spud worthy of peeling!  A complete waste.

[Normie]

My 3 rows of Arran Pilot have been totally untouched by slugs, whereas the Maris Peer (or are they Bard or Piper?? Can't remember off hand) have been badly attacked.

Cheers,
Ian

[Slug_killer]

Never had slugs touch my Red Duke of Yorks,  Desiree, PFK.

Blight hit the Red Dukes and Desiree and have dug up. Both had a good yield (better that last year) -  PFK are still in the ground and are so far not touched by blight.

[saddad]

Mains always take more damage as they are in the soil longer in the damp autumn when the keeled slugs are most active.. I have found using Nemaslug wher I am going to grow next years potatoes really reduces the damage...

For taste I like PFA but as a late main slugs and blight can be a problem, Anya is almost as good and comes up at the end of July usually missing both..
Red Dukes, good thick skinned red...
;D

[Rohaise]

My Bonnie, Exquisa, Pink fir apples, and Black truffle are fine.

I think the slugs drowned!

...Why haven,t the ants all drowned too ?  They seem to be taking over the world down here !    :o  Rohaise   x

[Robert_Brenchley]

Ants are surviviors. They move their nest about all the time, and can survive a surprisingly long period of 'drowning'.

[sawfish]

Red duke of york is never touched by slugs on my plot.