Episode 28: Perfect potatoes and pest prevention

Gardening with the RHS

Royal Horticultural Society

Home & Garden, Leisure, Hobbies

4.4 • 654 Ratings

🗓️ 20 March 2014

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

In this edition of the RHS Gardening Podcast, we visit the recent RHS Potato Day at the RHS London Plant and Design Show for a guide to cultivating the perfect potato. We’ll hear about • Choosing a variety • Looking out for pests and disease • The results of the RHS Potato trials Plus, RHS Senior Entomologist, Andrew Salisbury reveals the top ten most troublesome pests of 2013. As always, we have the latest news of events across the four RHS Gardens.

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0:00.0	Get your tickets for the greatest show in Earth at an RHS garden near you.
0:06.4	Where nature puts on an unforgettable performance of colour and fragrance to delight your senses.
0:13.2	Inspire your gardening adventures and entertain your own little stars.
0:17.4	Race you, let's go.
0:19.5	Catch Springs finest scenes while you can at an RHS garden near you. Let's go. Catch springs, finest scenes while you can,
0:22.1	at an RHS garden near you.
0:24.0	Book tickets online for discounts,
0:26.0	plus under fives go free
0:27.2	and under 16s of five pounds.
0:30.2	Visit Wales are proud to sponsor the RHS gardening podcast.
0:34.6	To find out more about Wales's beautiful and historic gardens, go to visitwales.com
0:40.3	slash gardens.
0:49.6	Hello and welcome back to the RHS Gardening podcast, sponsored by Visit Wales.
0:59.2	Every fortnight, we bring you a mixture of features and discussions exploring every aspect of gardening.
1:04.7	Plant care, garden design, pest control, container ideas, growing your own fruit and vegetables.
1:08.9	Plus, expert seasonal advice on what you should be doing in your garden right now.
1:13.5	I'm Tony Dickerson, one of the team of hodic advisors based here at RHS Garden Whistley and Surrey.
1:14.6	Coming up in this edition, Perfect Potatoes and Pest Prevention.
1:18.6	We hear how to choose, grow and harvest a bumper crop of the nation's favourite tuber.
1:22.6	RHS experts reveal what pests were the most problematic for gardeners in 2013,
1:28.7	and what steps you can take to protect your plants in the months ahead.
1:32.2	And, as always, we have the latest news on the RHS events across the UK.
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