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Old 11-01-2007, 11:53 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
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Default small worms in potatoes


"Andy" wrote
I'm new to growing my own veg and last year I grew potatoes for the
first time. Although I had some success I lost around one third of my
crop. The main pest was a small greyish coloured worm that borrowed
into the potato. I originality thought this was eel worm but I gather
they are very small, these pests were around 4mm.

Does anyone know what this pest might be and what I could do? The best
approach I can think off at the moment is to order a different variety
to last year, maybe some thing disease resistant like Kestrel.


Did they look a bit stiff (wireworm) or soft a squidgy like a slug?

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Bob H
17mls W. of London.UK