Well I went up the allotment today...(at last a dry ISH day!) and dug up my last row of Maris Piper potatoes. I have had a really good crop of these and will definately grow them again but on one of the plants I found those bugs that I mentioned earlier. I was miffed at finding the bugs again as it meant I lost some potatoes but pleased that I had took my camera (just in case!) and got some pictures of them.
I'm not sure you can see to well.
They are a milky colour and look kind of like a centipede
They have actually burrowed into the potatoes and there are LOTS of them!!
Sorry the pictures aren't that great but I hope you can kind of see the bugs...maybe they are those orange things that someone mentioned and just younger ones...any ideas people??? I am totally confused!!!
I don't know anything about potato bugs. I've thought about growing my own potatoes but haven't gotten up the nerve.
ReplyDeleteTammy...growing potatoes is easy..you can even stick those in the ground which you buy in the supermarket...just give it a go...if it doesn't work out you just don't tell anyone you tried!! As for the bugs...I have only found them on 3 of the plants I had...and I had a lot of plants!!
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