Avoiding Potato Pests?

RiverRat · January 18, 2010

I would love to grow potatoes, but the only year we tried them it was as though we had put out an All Points Bulletin for Colorado potato beetles. Although we had never had them before we became absolutely infested with them. They attacked everything in the garden. We grow organically, so my solution has been just not to grow potatoes. I've thought recently about trying them in bales or some other self-contained method in the poultry yard, which is near the garden, to see if the chickens would take care of the bugs. But I'm afraid to risk it. Any suggestions?

January 18, 2010	#1
RiverRat Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: New Jersey Posts: 78	Avoiding Potato Pests? I would love to grow potatoes, but the only year we tried them it was as though we had put out an All Points Bulletin for Colorado potato beetles. Although we had never had them before we became absolutely infested with them. They attacked everything in the garden. We grow organically, so my solution has been just not to grow potatoes. I've thought recently about trying them in bales or some other self-contained method in the poultry yard, which is near the garden, to see if the chickens would take care of the bugs. But I'm afraid to risk it. Any suggestions?