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WIRE WORM

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  • 06-09-2011 10:01am
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    john mayo 10
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    I have noticed that some of my potatoe crop this year have been attacked by wire worm. Its my third year planting potatoes in this plot and i know people say to rotate crops every few years but is there any way of getting rid of these wire worm ?:(


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    noworries
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    john mayo 10 wrote: »
    I have noticed that some of my potatoe crop this year have been attacked by wire worm. Its my third year planting potatoes in this plot and i know people say to rotate crops every few years but is there any way of getting rid of these wire worm ?:(

    http://www.teagasc.ie/publications/2004/20040226/paper1.asp

    The best info on wire worm is in the above teagasc link.

    Short answer: Rotate EVERY year. If you have an infestation. don't grow potatoes there again for at least 3-5 years - no chemical treatment available.


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    fodda
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    Just to make sure you have wireworm www.grow-your-own.ie/potatopests.html

    If you keep growing spuds in the same spot then you will never get rid. Dig the ground over regulary and let the birds get in and grow some none root crops.


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