How to rid Volunteer potatoes

[Northern Luke]

I have a volunteer potato issue in a growing crop of oil seed rape/Canola.
The field was drilled as soon as the previous crop of wheat was harvested, so no glyphosate pre seeding and now the volunteer potatoes have emerged.

Asside from hand roughing, does anyone have any ideas on removal without damaging the OSR?

I'm hoping astrokerb and a frost might knock them!

 

[Wilberforce]

Shield? Two split doses?

 

[Lincs Lass]

Pray for a few hard frosts ,anything sprouted above ground with get nailed along with any laid on the surface

 

[melted welly]

I have a volunteer potato issue in a growing crop of oil seed rape/Canola.
The field was drilled as soon as the previous crop of wheat was harvested, so no glyphosate pre seeding and now the volunteer potatoes have emerged.

Asside from hand roughing, does anyone have any ideas on removal without damaging the OSR?

I'm hoping astrokerb and a frost might knock them!

Roundup is the only thing that’s gonna get rid of the problem. You might burn the foliage with others, maybe knock them a bit but the tubers will persist, they’ll keep coming back. They’ll grow from the seeds as well as the tubers.

take a long term view, try and grub them onto surface prior to spring cropping if you can, let the frost at them and pre-harvest roundup.

 

[Brisel]

How urgently do you need them gone? Tight rotation with spuds?

Dow Shield if you are prepared not spend lots of money. Astrokerb and pre harvest glyphosate will do a fair job on them if not.

 

[Bigjon44]

Frost or blight will eventually get them.dont panic Mr mannering

 

[Northern Luke]

Frost or blight will eventually get them.dont panic Mr mannering

Shield? Two split doses?

Thanks, I'll look into that.

 

[Northern Luke]

How urgently do you need them gone? Tight rotation with spuds?

Dow Shield if you are prepared not spend lots of money. Astrokerb and pre harvest glyphosate will do a fair job on them if not.

Land grows seed, so need them gone ideally, not too tight. Might try some shield on half field and see how it goes, otherwise it'll be winters fate

 

[Kidds]

Frost or blight will eventually get them.dont panic Mr mannering

It doesn't here. I actually pulled a few volunteers here and ate them.

 

[ollie989898]

I have a volunteer potato issue in a growing crop of oil seed rape/Canola.
The field was drilled as soon as the previous crop of wheat was harvested, so no glyphosate pre seeding and now the volunteer potatoes have emerged.

Asside from hand roughing, does anyone have any ideas on removal without damaging the OSR?

I'm hoping astrokerb and a frost might knock them!

I would think even a low dose of astrokerb would fudge them very severely. They won't be tall enough to interfere with the crop come harvest though?

 

[Flatland guy]

I am fairly certain you cannot apply shield until 1st March next year to winter oilseed rape! I Looking at your North Yorks location i presume a frost or two will take them out eventually.

 

[Brisel]

You are correct about 1st March https://www.corteva.co.uk/content/dam/dpagco/corteva/eu/gb/en/files/labels/Dow-Shield-400-label.pdf

 

[Northern Luke]

I am fairly certain you cannot apply shield until 1st March next year to winter oilseed rape! I Looking at your North Yorks location i presume a frost or two will take them out eventually.

Thinking I'll see how the kerb knocks them and as you say winter will hopefully take care of them.
I'll keep rouging them every week when it's walked!

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Topping will get rid of most of them and rape should grow back , other than that get hold of some potato tops with blight and drag them about the field
They overwinter in the ground here and are a menace in spring crops , Hurler takes them out but no use in Rape , or twice topping

 

[Spud]

Topping will get rid of most of them and rape should grow back , other than that get hold of some potato tops with blight and drag them about the field
They overwinter in the ground here and are a menace in spring crops , Hurler takes them out but no use in Rape , or twice topping

Derrick spreading blight is very irresponsible - commercial potato crops are still at risk of infection
Topping will make very little difference to young volunteers
Astrokerb now and shield in spring would be my approach

 

[melted welly]

Land grows seed, so need them gone ideally, not too tight. Might try some shield on half field and see how it goes, otherwise it'll be winters fate

If your growing seed, you want them gone completely or you’re gonna end up with pcn problems

 

[Derrick Hughes]

Derrick spreading blight is very irresponsible - commercial potato crops are still at risk of infection
Topping will make very little difference to young volunteers
Astrokerb now and shield in spring would be my approach

Yes sorry ,we do a lot of blight trail work here with Adas , Well worth a look if your ever up this way been doing a lot on testing blight srays and how quick they are rain fast this season , spuds get left in the ground hence the problem with volunteers, I can't sow clover as I spray them out with Hurler

 

[Spud]

Yes sorry ,we do a lot of blight trail work here with Adas , Well worth a look if your ever up this way been doing a lot on testing blight srays and how quick they are rain fast this season , spuds get left in the ground hence the problem with volunteers, I can't sow clover as I spray them out with Hurler

You need to spray them out with glyphosate to kill the tubers, or they'll keep coming back.

 

[Trial Officer Barney]

Did anyone spot some late blight on potatoes recently? I need to take several late blight samples for lab analysis ... (preferred locations Midlands / East Anglia / South of Yorkshire)
Thank you!

 

[ollie989898]

You need to spray them out with glyphosate to kill the tubers, or they'll keep coming back.

Possibly not able to do this if the next crop is already established but I agree if anyone is involved in growing potatoes on any scale they need to take volunteers seriously or they can get their own back and fudge you harder than a very fudgy thing in following years crops. Used to get them in maize and cereals from time to time and I used to treat them without mercy.