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Q: What/Who eats Potato foliage?
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 |
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Q: What/Who eats Potato foliage?
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 |
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Q: What/Who eats Potato foliage?
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 -- Neural Network Software. http://www.npsl1.com EasyNN-plus. Neural Networks plus. http://www.easynn.com SwingNN. Forecast with Neural Networks. http://www.swingnn.com JustNN. Just Neural Networks. http://www.justnn.com |
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Q: What/Who eats Potato foliage?
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 |
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Q: What/Who eats Potato foliage?
On Jul 1, 11:30*am, wrote:
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- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Slugs don't usually eat the tops of potatos which are poisonous to most things. They will eat the tubers. You sure it wasn't hail? |
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Q: What/Who eats Potato foliage?
On Sun, 1 Jul 2012 09:25:20 -0700 (PDT), harry
wrote: 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- Hide quoted text - - Show quoted text - Slugs don't usually eat the tops of potatos which are poisonous to most things. They will eat the tubers. You sure it wasn't hail? I'm still convinced it's slugs. There were some slugs on my potatoes in bags. -- http://www.voucherfreebies.co.uk |
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a) I have removed slugs from potato foliage b) applying ferrous sulphate slug bait stopped the damage
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