Any recommendations for eel worm resistant pots?ive turned over a new secction and want to plant up with potatoes for the first year for clearing,ive heard valor as a main crop are good?
They are listed as double eeelworm resistant in the Alan Roman's seed pot guide. I'd be concerned as they are a late main so more likely to get blight...
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Sante is resistant allround and early main.
I used this database that Glosterwomble posted last week to check for eelworm resistant varieties, as I'm also going to be growing potatoes on plots that have been grassed for some time....
http://www.dundrynurseries.co.uk/plist.asp
..see the 'search' facility on the left hand side.
I'm trying Winston (1st early), Maris Piper and Mayan Gold....
I can't understand this, if you have Eelworm infestation you are not supposed to grow potatoes for several years.
Deb mentioned an area which had been grassed for several years. Are you mistaking Wireworm for Eelworm? Eelworm are difficult to see with the naked eye, almost transparent. Wireworm are yellow. The serious pest in grassed areas is Leather Jacket.
The green way to deal with Leather Jackets is to cover the grassed are with a dark sheet, after some hours take the sheet off and within a short time the area will be black (with Starlings feeding on the Leather Jackets).
Quote from: Larkshall on January 26, 2009, 16:01:31
I can't understand this, if you have Eelworm infestation you are not supposed to grow potatoes for several years.
Deb mentioned an area which had been grassed for several years. Are you mistaking Wireworm for Eelworm? Eelworm are difficult to see with the naked eye, almost transparent. Wireworm are yellow. The serious pest in grassed areas is Leather Jacket.
The green way to deal with Leather Jackets is to cover the grassed are with a dark sheet, after some hours take the sheet off and within a short time the area will be black (with Starlings feeding on the Leather Jackets).
Because neither of the areas I'm going to be growing potatoes on have been cultivated for ? years, I'm trying to get an
everything resistant variety assuming there could be all sorts in the soil! I'm sure there will be leatherjackets well, but as I have no idea what I might be dealing with (Saddad has white rot on one of his plots, I'm hoping mine have been out of cultivation long enough for
that not to be a potential problem for my alliums!).....so I thought it best to get varieties where I hopefully will get something of a crop! ;D
i used some good old soot :) that sorted my problem out did not have has many last year there was a piece i left and the results were good. i will be doing the same this year till i get rid of the d**n things you have to leave the soot for a year cus its too strong to put on fresh if ya can find a local sweep man give him a call he will be glad to get rid of it.
If you think there may be wireworm on this part of your plot, start getting rid of them now. Bury 1/2 a spud every 18 inches (not seed potatoes, any old spud from shop will do), leave for a fortnight (covered with some sort of membrane/carpet/plastic.) then dig 'em up, should be full of wireworm, then burn or feed to birds ;)
tony b
does this work?
the plot im planning on sowing pots on was an overgrown area full of ivy and hawthorn,not a lot of grass but lots of nettles so soil should be good,are wireworm likely to be present there?
wireworm are the larvae of click beetles, they lay their eggs in grass, so, probably not in your bit of land!!