Wireworms, flea beetles, potato tuberworm and white grubs are all soil-dwelling pests that feed on potato tubers. Wireworms are small, yellow-brown worms, while white grubs and potato tuberworms are white-ish. Flea beetles are tiny and black, but their destructive larvae are slender and white.
How do you stop potatoes from being eaten?
A more frugal method of control is to set wireworm traps. Dig several holes, 10cm (4in) deep, then plant half a potato or a chunk of carrot. Backfill the holes with soil and mark their locations with sticks. Before planting your potatoes, dig up the traps and pop any wireworm you find onto a bird table.
How do you stop holes in potatoes?
Controlling Pests that causes Holes in Potatoes1Top layer cultivation.2Crop rotation.3Wireworm traps.4Use beneficial insects.5Pesticides.6Planting resistant potato varieties.7Cultivation when soil is warm.Holes in Potatoes: Causes, Pest Control and Prevention
What animal would eat potatoes?
Field mice are small rodents that eat potatoes, apples, corn and nearly any other kind of food they can scavenge. Because they have remarkably strong digestive systems, they can eat rotting foods that would sicken people and most other animals. Field mice have many predators, including cats, owls, snakes and bears.
Why have I got holes in my potatoes?
Holes in potatoes have most likely been caused by wireworm. Occurring in all kinds of soil wireworm will attack nearly every kind of crop. They are the larvae or young of beetles commonly known as click beetles of which there are many kinds. To limit the damage, lift the potato crop as soon as the tubers are mature.
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