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Spud Special: Lack of rainfall means irrigation for scab control

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Spud Special: Lack of rainfall means irrigation for scab control

14/06/2015

Article taken from the www.fwi.co.uk

Crops have endured the coldest spring for a long time up in the north of Scotland and have now enjoyed a bit of respite with a warm week.  The cold soils have raised the risk of soil borne rhizonctonia and there are some patches appearing in fields on the lighter Morayshire soils already - there's nothing that can be done now and even good seed and soil treatments at planting, using tuber and in furrow treatments have been stretched.... read more