Last season my potatoes suffered quite badly from scab (Streptomyces scabies). Though unsightly, they did make beautiful mash and chips, but unfortunately were rejected by my domestic quality control manager, who likes her potatoes as jackets.
I had intended to look into this and see what could be done, but forgot quite frankly, until today when talking about it to one of the other fellas down at the site. So I went straight on to Google when I got home, as you do, and thoroughly depressed myself with what I read.
Here are their recommendations, and my current situation.
1.Avoid growing potatoes in areas that recently grew members of the brassica family, such as cabbage, cauliflower, brussel sprouts, broccoli.
(The bed I had prepared for this season’s potatoes, was last year’s brassica bed !)
2.Avoid soil with high alkalinity.
(My soil is very alkaline !)
3.Avoid coarse textured soil.
(Mine’s sandy and gravely !)
4.Avoid varieties prone to scab like Maris Piper and Desiree.
(Guess which varieties I have already been out and bought ? !!!!!)
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