What is eating my tatties?

[4390evans]

I've been harvesting my tatties as and when needed and most have been fine till I got to the last few and I have found loads like this. Some that haven't been covered properly and some that are deep down, I assumed slugs what do you recon?

[roitelet]

Probably slugs, alive and well and living in the spuds.

[4390evans]

Well if there is any eggs in there they are off to the furness now

[roitelet]

Eggs won't be in the tatties the slugs will have already laid them in the soil. Waiting for the next crop!!

[Potstubsdustbins]

Remember green spuds can be nasty anyway.

Oh and I love spaniels.

[4390evans]

Ive put leeks where my tatties where, I didnt know they laid eggs in soil..
Ive got my xmas ones in barrels hopefully the next ones are better

[rosiepumpkin]

Are the eggs large and translucent yellow? Because I upended a pot, found a large orange slug under it with eggs. Chucked the whole lot out of the greenhouse.

[Penellype]

Slug and snail eggs are usually white, translucent and varying in size from quite small to about 5mm across. They are usually in batches of 20-100 and often just below the surface of the soil. I have not seen yellow ones but it is possible that orange slugs could lay yellow eggs.

There do seem to be a lot of very large slugs around this year. I picked 10 up off my friend's garden the other day without even looking for them just after it had rained.

[rhonsal]

I've also found some massive slugs. in fact I looked out of bedroom window other day and that someone had let there dog poop on my grass - when I went out to clean it up (or I'd forget and get splattered by lawn mower) it was actually 4 big slugs heading out for dinner in my flower bed! Their reservation end in the recycling bin!!

[rosiepumpkin]

Wow. I hope you got a tip.

[astraman1]

Eggs won't be in the tatties the slugs will have already laid them in the soil. Waiting for the next crop!!

well today as i was preparing sunday dinner this popped up so had to post