Help! Garlic leaves going yellow

[selfraising]

Hi
Went out this morning and noticed the tips of my garlic leaves are going yellow, are they dying?

[Victoria26]

the tips of mine went yellow last month but i had started them off in pots first this year. Since I planted them in the garden they have since revived themselves!

[Jenegade]

Some of ones I'd had in pots to start off with, when the ground was frozen, and put out in January have yellow tips to the leaves. I think they'll be fine though...

[selfraising]

Thanks you guys, I feel a bit better knowing that mine are not the only ones. I started mine off in pots too, perhaps its something to do with that? Just worried cos when I googled it, it mentioned white rot!

[piskieinboots]

same here - I recently transplanted mine which were growing superbly, but in the wrong bed - so I kicked 'em out of bed, put them in the correct bed. They are a little yellow around the gills but they will be fine

[womble]

I had white rot last year, if they continue going yellow, pull at the leaves or the whole plant, if it comes away in your hand, I'm afraid it could be white rot.
You might want to scrape away the soil around an affected plant and look if there are any white fluffy bits around the roots, bad news if there are.

If it is just the tips though, you should be ok.

[selfraising]

Thanks womble will go and check!

[selfraising]

Womble, just had a quick look around the roots but couldn't see anything like you described but will have another in depth (so to speak) look tomorrow, fingers crossed!

[Jenegade]

Hope your garlic are ok Selfraising, is it just the outer leaves that are yellow? Some of mine have just yellow tips but there are a few with yellow drier outer leaves, the rest of the leaves look healthy.

[womble]

Post a picture, it sounds like it's quite normal. No white fluff means you can sleep well

[selfraising]

Hope your garlic are ok Selfraising, is it just the outer leaves that are yellow? Some of mine have just yellow tips but there are a few with yellow drier outer leaves, the rest of the leaves look healthy.

It does seem to be just the tips and not on every leaf. Gonna have to keep a close eye on it over the next few days

[selfraising]

Hi Womble, will try and get a piccie tomorrow if my camera doesn't play up!

[DaveInBraknell]

Hi,

Quick survey on this leaf tip thing. My garlic have done the same, curiously our leeks also both being Alium family I am wondering..

Being a curious so and so I am I put it down to one of three things:

1)They are too dry, my plot has had intermitten rainfall over the last couple of weeks, nothing continuous just soakings and thats it. I wonder if they got too dry. I went and hearily watered them today.

2)It go too cold for them one night, but that said they thrived in the chill of january.

3)The leaves are just old.

Those who have gone yellow is your soil very dry?

Dave

[selfraising]

Mine was quite dry so I watered it last night but I'm actually wondering if it's too much water? Mine were fine whilst they were in their pots but within a month of transplanting, this happens. I had not watered them until last night. Be interesting to see what others say.

[Edwardo82]

Whilst reading about Shallots I read that after about 2 months of planting its a good idea to give them a real soaking, just as the bulb begins to swell but that was in relation to obtaining a greater yield. But it might also help.

I had my shallots out in pots for 2 weeks as well,after reading about the effects of late frosts. I then decided to go ahead and pop them in the ground and did not water too generously. After being in the ground for about three weeks they are beginning to pop through the soil surface. I gave them a watering about 1 hour ago.

As soon as I get some more leaf growth I will report any yellowing of the leafs etc.