problem with wire worms

[vince20]

Hi everyone has anyone got any ideas get rid of wire worms a friend of mine has a big problem with them many thanks Vince

 

[Tom Bick]

I understand they don’t like well cultivated soil and can be a problem for the first few years on new ground.

I have a slight problem with them but then I am always late digging up my potatoes.

 

[victor meldrew]

An old trick was to push slices of of good hard carrot into the ground .
Theory being ,wire worms eat their way through and become stuck as they expand . check regularly ,kill wire worms and replace carrot slices for another kill
VM

 

[Erichalfbee]

Wire worms like grass roots.
Grass renews itself easily so the plants grow tolerating the worms.
Problems arise when you plants crops in newly dug lawns, so to speak.
The worms have no grass roots to feed on so will eat anything that's there.
You'll get away with it on the first year but by the second they'll chomp through quite a few spuds.
They don't thrive on potatoes particularly so by year four the problem will be gone........if that's any comfort.

 

[countryman]

as erichalfbee says they thrive in grass so when you cultivate your grassed area you cant plant root crops for upto five years after in the bed only raised crops such as peas beans etc very hard to get rid of them so just keep the bed turned over to stop any grass type stuff growing

 

[vince20]

Thanks guys all the info has been passed on cheers Vince

 

[chris_richmond]

Collect them and take them the scrap yard, metals including wire are fetching premium prices at the moment...

Cheers Chris

 

[jdee]

do a Google search for wireworm nematode - there is various treatments out there

 

[Hivemaker.]

Wire worms like grass roots.
Grass renews itself easily so the plants grow tolerating the worms.

Hi everyone has anyone got any ideas get rid of wire worms a friend of mine has a big problem with them many thanks Vince

There is the answer,grow grass.