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'Omelet[_4_ Wrote:
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spes123 wrote:
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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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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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Peace! Om

Sounds like Keel slugs.

If the spuds are only slug damaged, no disease, you can safely compost
them.

here are some slug tips:

http://www.nvsuk.org.uk/medwyn-willi...-show-300.html

http://www.ipm.ucdavis.edu/PMG/PESTNOTES/pn7427.html

http://www.ghorganics.com/page13.html

adding sand to clay is not a good solution in most cases. a fine bark
works much better here in the PNW. More he
http://www.puyallup.wsu.edu/~Linda%2...dments%202.pdf

If you are concerned about your soil, a 13$ good soil analysis would save a
whole lot of guessing and unnecessary work to correct a problem you might
not have.