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by Anthony Appleyard
Sun Sep 25, 2016 2:46 pm
Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
Topic: Potato root eelworm
Replies: 3
Views: 3829

Re: Potato root eelworm

... The organic control is a selection of Solanum sisymbriifolium, a thorny, inedible relative of potatoes which strongly stimulates potato eelworm eggs in the surrounding soil to hatch, but there is nothing for them to feed on. ... See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solanum_sisymbriifolium
by Anthony Appleyard
Sun Sep 25, 2016 2:36 pm
Forum: Harvesting Q&A
Topic: Rhubarb (in British climate)
Replies: 3
Views: 4024

Rhubarb (in British climate)

I live in England. My back garden is excessively shaded by neighbours' trees which have grown up over the years, but in about the remaining sunniest spot I have a patch of rhubarb, which I manure well in the winter, mostly with lawn mowings. I know how to avoid overloading the plant; I prefer to pul...
by Anthony Appleyard
Fri Oct 26, 2012 5:48 pm
Forum: Weeds, Pests and Diseases
Topic: Potato root eelworm
Replies: 3
Views: 3829

Potato root eelworm

I heard a while ago about a flower plant that secretes a chemical into the soil; that chemical makes potato root eelworm cysts open, but the plant does not have food for the resulting eelworm larvae, which thus die. Please which plant is this?