"martin" wrote in message
"Alan wrote in message ...

A large number of my maincrop potatoes have small holes in them,
obviously caused by some sort of slug.

How can I stop this happening next year?


Could also be wireworm by the way. Different sort of holes though.

If there was a definitive answer to your question we would all like to
know.

Try different varieties that are more resistant to slugs like..
..Kestral (has legendary resistance); Golden Wonder; Romano; King Edward;
Pentland Dell; Atlantic; Osprey...

And don't grow..Kondor; Maris Piper; Stemster; Marfona; ....

Once planted 50 Kondor "seeds" and got less than a bucket of whole spuds,
and after all that work. Heartbreaking.

We grow Maris Piper without problems.
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Officially (NIAB) they are considered to be slug attractors.

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Regards
Bob

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