Club root

[sodbuster]

My allotment is riddled with club root even though I have heavily limed the past two years. I have tried filling pre-drilled holes with ##### fluid witha piece of rhubarb at the bottom of hole. This sort of wroks up to a point, but needs more attention. I have seen some LIME X 70 advertised but not sure?
Sodbuster.

[Thelma Sanders]

I get round it by generously dusting the planting hole with lime and growing the plants on til they are quite big - before transplanting.

Choosing clubroot resistant varieties also makes a difference

[Snadger]

I get round it by generously dusting the planting hole with lime and growing the plants on til they are quite big - before transplanting.

Choosing clubroot resistant varieties also makes a difference

Wot Thelma sez is good advice.

[Jimmy]

I was told by an old gardener

1) Never buy any brassica plants
2) Never accept gifts of brassica plants.

Always grow your own from seed to avoid importing the problem.

Jimmy

[Penellype]

In addition to teh above, if you do not have clubroot at home, keep a separate pair of boots and separate tools for gardening at the allotment. You can spread clubroot from one garden to another on your feet, tools etc.

[sodbuster]

Yes I have heard this ta. I have just discovered a fertiliser that promises to exclude clubroot. Cannot name this but search 'clubroot' (obviously ) I will be trying this in the spring and well let you all know the results.

[Greenleaves]

I dont suffer on my current plot but have in the past. To minimise the effect on a previous plot I would grow on as Thelma says. In addition to adding lime to the final planting hole I addeda generous amount of MPC.

it is pointless liming the soil if you are not reducing the acidity to a low enough level.

[Snadger]

Just to cheer you up a bit clodbuster, I too inherited a clubroot and onion whiterot infested plot.

This was six years ago and through good gardening practices, growing lots of everything and mixing it up, growing my own brassicas from seed and all the other things we've talked about on this thread, I can safely say I have just about eradicated it now.

I think I may be bringing the onion whiterot back in to some extent each time with dodgy onion sets but even though I do grow onions from seed, sets are a lot easier.

Strangely, the same areas affected by clubroot were problematical with white rot?