New allotment with club root

[jotley73]

Hi all I have been offered an allotment with club root in one of the beds would you take it on or leave it?

[Kristen]

If there is clubroot on the site I doubt you/others will escape it ... trampling about with wellies on will be enough to transmit it to places currently without it ...

If you think that's likely to be the case then any other plot is as likely to be infected now/soon so choosing the best plot (good light, near water supply, with an existing shed, not too many brambles to clear!!) might be sufficient.

I've not experienced clubroot first hand, but folk I know who have it:

Grow a clubroot resistant variety
Raise the plants in pots to as large as possible (I think they use 5" pots)
Line the planting holes with Lime

If you have a bed without club root you could practice mono cropping, rather than crop rotation - same crop, same ground, every year UNTIL infected and then switch to a different area.

[Thelma Sanders]

That's right - it was discussed here
http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...oot_81336.html


I'm sure that I read they were testing Agralan Revive to see if it helped clear clubroot and onion white rot
http://www.agralan-growers.co.uk/revive-p-186-p.asp

I know the RHS use this before most of their trials...........I was looking for the web link but haven't found it again. Sorry.

[jotley73]

Thanks both

[simmo512]

I found this old tip in a garden mag for reducing clubroot in a allotment.if you have rhubarb in you garden ,try cutting long stems and place them lengthways in your plant trench and the club root should start to reduce ( grow Your own Magazine Aug 2014)

[Thelma Sanders]

I think that's a bit of an old wives tale - or everybody would be doing it.

[Snadger]

I think that's a bit of an old wives tale - or everybody would be doing it.

Its not though! Rhubarb stems, especially at this time of year have concentrated oxalic acid in them which returns from the leaves when the plant dies off for winter. Thats why its recommended NOT to pick rhubarb for eating late in the season.

I've tried this with great success especially for spring cabbage in clubroot infected land.

[jotley73]

Well I have taken it and I am making good progress so in for a penny!!!

[VolesAteMyPeas]

Apparently rhubarb has been tested and found to have a negligible effect. Oh dear. Is it true that rhubarb can prevent clubroot? - Ashford Allotments

[VolesAteMyPeas]

Good luck by the way jotley! Good time of year to be taking one on. Greetings from the North of the country. X