garlic rot

[sunnydee]

My garlic leaves suddenly turned brown and collapsed, dug up garlic to find hardly any bulb and a whiteish colour on it. can anyone tell me what it is and what can I do about it also will it spread to other plants

[Mikey]

By whitish colour do you mean this

I have read somewhere that if you dip your seed in hot water first it reduces the likelihood of this disease, whether that is true I'm not sure.

[sunnydee]

looks similar worringly although the garlic bulb hasnt formed hardly at all

[sunnydee]

thanks for that it is something to remember for next time