"Sacha" wrote after "Bob
Hobden" wrote:

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We have a constant problem with slugs both on the previous allotment and
the
new one.
Tried Nematodes, rather expensive and no discernable difference to other
years, they need the ground kept nice and moist which can be difficult
here
some summers. Cheaper to buy organic spuds ready grown.


Is the keeping the ground moist problem due to a hosepipe ban for you,
Bob?
I ask because, otherwise, those wishing to use nematodes might not have
that
problem. It's not just the potatoes, though, it's the other goodies slugs
just lurve.

Our Council do not allow the use of hosepipes on any of their allotments
ever. So keeping a potato bed damp with watering cans, especially in a
summer like we had last year, is a backbreaking and virtually impossible
job.
I also wonder if those tiny nematodes don't like clay soil, find it hard to
move through.

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Regards
Bob H
17mls W. of London.UK