On Sun, 01 Jul 2012 10:57:34 +0100, Stephen Wolstenholme
wrote:

On Sat, 30 Jun 2012 22:10:13 -0700 (PDT), harry
wrote:

On Jun 30, 8:31*pm, wrote:
At the back of my potato patch (under a tree and close to a fence),
the hulmes of my first earlies (Sharps Express) have suffered
substantial attack by some leaf eating creatures, almost completely
stripping them. *My FIL - an octogenarian gardener - was unable to
advise, never having seen the phenomenon.

I note the presence of a fair number of snail shells in the 'bed'
behind the patch which I have left relatively fallow but also where I
have been 'generous' with Bayer pellets.

Any ideas?

Regards
JonH



Colorado beetle?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado_beetle

If you find that it is a Colorado beetle catch it and notify the
police.

Steve

There's no evidence of anything that exotic, there are lots of
slug/snail trails and a number of the tubers that I have lifted have
been 'drilled'. I need the services of a small army of hedgehogs.

Regards
JonH