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I think that I've got slight eelworm in my soil, would it be ok if i planted my potatoes like one resistant spud then one ordinary spud,time about. I'm just a bit confused.
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You can get a plant that helps in the control of eelworm, Alan Roman sells it , name escpaes me though... you plant it as a green manujre in bits where you won't grow potatoes adn it encourages the eelworms to uncycst (they think they smell spuds) ... then they starve cos there aren't any spuds there....
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I'll try that.thank youComment
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You really have to take the bit of ground out of potato cultivation for the year while you plant the organic control plant.
You say that you have only slight eelworm. Have you seen the cysts with a magnifying glass?
Potato root eelworm is the common name for the potato cyst nematode, whose presence may be indicated by the early yellowing and die back of the potato haulms, together with a poor crop of small potatoes. It can also affect tomatoes.
As the eelworm is only visible with a microscope, the only way for the amateur gardener to check for the presence of eelworm is by inspecting the roots of a suspect plant at harvest time with a magnifying glass, for the presence of the tiny egg bearing cysts.
Unfortunately, these cysts about 1 mm dia, can stay viable in the ground for 7 years or more and spring into life when they detect the roots of a growing potato.Comment
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