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by fauigerzigerk 1075 days ago
Would it help to switch crops around between plots or would these beetles stay in the ground for years even if they couldn't find any potato plants to feed on?
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There’s a general rule in amateur gardening that you rotate the location of your potatoes on something like a 4 year schedule. In wider agriculture you’re looking at “crop rotation”. I don’t know how this affects specific beetles etc.
I've had them come back after at least 10 years. Anywhere within about 100 m of a previously infested area.