Holes in Potatoes

Hi All
A friend is letting me use a small area of his allottment and I wanted to plant/sow some Parsnips and beetroots next year but he has told me that the potatoes he grew this year had holes in!! I am not aware of wireworm problems in this area but the question is would the Parsnips be eaten by these worms. He called them pin worms but I Googled pin worms and they are a human problem from what I read.

Thanks

Dave

 

Slugs are often the culprit. Some of my crop got nibbled, even though this year I used ground that has never had potatoes in before, so that more or less rules out spud specific pests.

I find that if the ground is prone to staying wet, the problem is worse. Most of my affected spuds were in a patch of ground that was surprisingly soggy when I did my harvest. In the past I once lost an entire crop to slugs, where my tatties were growing in mostly clay which is prone to staying soggy for too long.

 

I have been up the allottment today and there are some potatoes left on the ground and it does look like you are right I will try to get a photo tomorrow. I guess it would be best to buy more blue pellets as it looks like it is slugs.

Thanks

Dave