Posted by spes123 on November 8, 2009, 7:27 am
Due to a severe bad back during the summer and early autumn I have TODAY
harvested all of my potatoes and it was not a very pretty sight. I may
have
enough potatoes for one meal for one person. Every single tuber
was full of
holes and eaten away inside leaving just the skin. Inside
the tubers I found
short 1.5 - 2cm black slugs and also two different
coloured worms. Any
suggestions as to the best way to dispose of these
infected tubers would be
appreciated, I don't want to put them on the
compost nor do I want to leave them
on the ground.
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spes123
Posted by Omelet on November 8, 2009, 12:27 pm
> Due to a severe bad back during the summer and early autumn I have TODAY
> harvested all of my potatoes and it was not a very pretty sight. I may
> have enough potatoes for one meal for one person. Every single tuber
> was full of holes and eaten away inside leaving just the skin. Inside
> the tubers I found short 1.5 - 2cm black slugs and also two different
> coloured worms. Any suggestions as to the best way to dispose of these
> infected tubers would be appreciated, I don't want to put them on the
> compost nor do I want to leave them on the ground.
Seriously, I'd burn them.
What kind of media were your potatoes growing in?
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Posted by Bud on November 8, 2009, 6:31 pm
Omelet wrote:
> Seriously, I'd burn them.
> What kind of media were your potatoes growing in?
I think the mice got them if there is nothing left but the skins.
Happened to me too.
As far as those lil bugs, they don't eat much and the worms just like your
soil and maybe compost?
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Posted by spes123 on November 9, 2009, 6:11 am
'Omelet[_4_ Wrote:
> ;868905']In article spes123.56c8db6@gardenbanter.co.uk,
> spes123 spes123.56c8db6@gardenbanter.co.uk wrote:
> -
> Due to a severe bad back during the summer and early autumn I have
> TODAY
> harvested all of my potatoes and it was not a very pretty sight. I
> may
> have enough potatoes for one meal for one person. Every single tuber
> was full of holes and eaten away inside leaving just the skin.
> Inside
> the tubers I found short 1.5 - 2cm black slugs and also two different
> coloured worms. Any suggestions as to the best way to dispose of
> these
> infected tubers would be appreciated, I don't want to put them on the
> compost nor do I want to leave them on the ground.-
>
> Seriously, I'd burn them.
>
> What kind of media were your potatoes growing in?
> --
>
They were growing in a clay based soil
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spes123
Posted by Omelet on November 9, 2009, 2:54 pm
> 'Omelet[_4_ Wrote:
> > ;868905']In article spes123.56c8db6@gardenbanter.co.uk,
> > spes123 spes123.56c8db6@gardenbanter.co.uk wrote:
> > -
> > Due to a severe bad back during the summer and early autumn I have
> > TODAY
> > harvested all of my potatoes and it was not a very pretty sight. I
> > may
> > have enough potatoes for one meal for one person. Every single tuber
> > was full of holes and eaten away inside leaving just the skin.
> > Inside
> > the tubers I found short 1.5 - 2cm black slugs and also two different
> > coloured worms. Any suggestions as to the best way to dispose of
> > these
> > infected tubers would be appreciated, I don't want to put them on the
> > compost nor do I want to leave them on the ground.-
> >
> > Seriously, I'd burn them.
> >
> > What kind of media were your potatoes growing in?
> > --
> >
>
> They were growing in a clay based soil
Mm, you probably need to add sand to give you better drainage and keep
them a bit dryer.
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> harvested all of my potatoes and it was not a very pretty sight. I may
> have enough potatoes for one meal for one person. Every single tuber
> was full of holes and eaten away inside leaving just the skin. Inside
> the tubers I found short 1.5 - 2cm black slugs and also two different
> coloured worms. Any suggestions as to the best way to dispose of these
> infected tubers would be appreciated, I don't want to put them on the
> compost nor do I want to leave them on the ground.