HELP with Onion white rot

[zazen999]

I've got 2 from the lottie today in the pan for a curry - so I hope they are ok!!! I use them first as if it gets bed the inside does go a tad brown...and all the onion and trimmings from ones with rot go in the incinerator or in the brown bin for the council.

[treepixie]

i have just found it on my shallotts and garlic have lost the lot.

mine where in a raised bed with other veg, is it ok to plant something else say peas where the onions were, or should i leave that bit empty

[Snadger]

i have just found it on my shallotts and garlic have lost the lot.

mine where in a raised bed with other veg, is it ok to plant something else say peas where the onions were, or should i leave that bit empty

As I mentioned earlier I have onion white rot in the same area I have clubroot. Neither of these fungi strains affect legumes (peas & beans) so you are safe to plant in the area!

[jackyspratty]

We got white rot last year, its the same as mouldy nose isnt it? This year in a different bed we have it again. To be honest Ive pulled most up now as Im overseeing for a buddy until he gives the plot up. Most are still green, a fair few infected. Have them outside drying off.

Dont know if I will do onions next year due to this, plus they are so cheap to buy.....

[Terryr]

Hi guys
White rot is a really terrible bummer. I have been affected with it for sevearl years. I have tried everything, raised beds, excess sand, sets started off in individual pots of commercial compost and then planted out, resistant strains. None of these produced a real crop af any kind, What I have done the last two years is plant autumn sets into that years used grow bags, pretty much squezzing them in. Fed them a bit , then left them alone. Overwintered in cold greenhouse(very cold this year in Paisley), but I now have a pretty good crop. Last year I had one grow bag outside and this also gave a good crop though later into growth. This year. new trial, two fresh grow bags of spring grown sets are outside, plenty of greenery, looking healthy. They need a lot of watering but at least for the first time in perhaps ten years I am getting an onion crop. Give it a go!

Be good to veggie gardners.
Terryr

[realfood]

I am treating the area that I am going to use for alliums next year, with the suggested organic control method detailed here :- vegetable diseases
I have high hopes that this method will be effective as I have discovered that British farmers are using the same principal for treating their onion beds.

[Liza]

I had 50/50 white rot on my onions and 75/25 on my garlic this year.

Its one of those years, freezing, hot, dry etc etc

[Snadger]

I am treating the area that I am going to use for alliums next year, with the suggested organic control method detailed here :- vegetable diseases
I have high hopes that this method will be effective as I have discovered that British farmers are using the same principal for treating their onion beds.

Good luck, and let us know how you get on.

Soooooooo.....theoretically I could water with a garlic solution regularily, any land that is known to have white rot but hasn't got alliums growing on it at the time? (Must remember to get a pestle and mortar for the allotment!)

[Terryr]

Aldi sell peeled garlic cloves in oil quite cheaply. They are not great for cooking with but terrific for making garlic flavoured olive oil. They could be just the thing to bash up for a garlic onion bed drench. I am going to try it in the next couple of days. Might mean that my sweetcorn bed will smell of garlic for a while. There are worse things.
Be good to veggie gardeners.
Terryr