My potatoes were sown on 16/03/2011 comprising of the following varieties, Sharps express, British queens, Kerrs pinks and King edwards ,they are all new seed .i have full blossoms on the queens but no sign of blossoms on the sharps express but they are green and healthy looking ,there are blossoms starting to appear on the kerrs pinks and the king edwards,why are the sharps so slow.
My rooster potato leaves are holed and eaten badly and also my beetroot leaves have suffered a similar faith but the leaves of my sarpo mira potatoes next to the roosters are only barely touched . when i examine the leaves i cant see anything on them,no insects or caterpillars but always a couple of white butterflies,will the butterfly eat the leaves,i have never seen this before.
My neighbour's potatoes have been attacked by wireworm over the last couple of seasons and he has been told that growing mustard seed and ploughing it into the ground would get rid of them.He is keen to try it but would like more information before he does,also is mustard seed available in Ireland and are there many different types?
my sharps express potatoes are starting to turn green after two weeks in storage. they are in a dark house with little light and some are covered but they are also turning green. They are seed that I kept from last year.