Onion White Rot

[Cadalot]

I managed to harvest my Overwintered Senshyu Japanese Onions this weekend but have lost six of the biggest to white rot, I've had similar problems with spring onions in past years but for some reason it's never given me problems with larger onions.

So I'm thinking of growing all my onions in containers or flower buckets next year using a mixture or coir and compost, coffee grounds, and perhaps some Blood fish & bone to start off with, then a comfrey tea feed every 2 - 3 weeks.

Anyone grown onions in containers and managed to get a good crop?
Any suggestions ?

[MarkPelican]

Try Garlic water to help get rid of the white rot?

[Containergardener]

I've grown red onion kamal in a large builders trug, that worked and always grow sp onions in pots, pic is some white Lisbon I tried in modules

[Scarlet]

Try Garlic water to help get rid of the white rot?

That's a long process and takes several years...im on year one

[Cadalot]

That's a long process and takes several years...im on year one

I would still need an alternative, even if I did try the garlic water. I'm hoping my new allotment plot on another site will be better. I did gown some of my over wintering onions in modules as spares in the greenhouse, but they would need larger pots to come to anything worth having.

Perhaps I should build something like my brother in laws strawberry planter?

[sparrow100]

I feel for you, I've got onion white rot on one of my halves - my garlic crop is pretty much ruined. I saw on Gardener's World that Monty was growing in containers for the same reason and seems to have had good-ish results. Except that he used his own compost to bulk up the bought-in stuff and has imported the virus into the container - that or it's come in on tools he hasn't cleaned well enough.

My neighbour grows his onions in containers very successfully, but he doesn't grow nearly as many as you.

Thankfully my other plot doesn't seem to have it (yet) so I can still grow leeks & onions up there.

[bearded bloke]

Anyone grown onions in containers and managed to get a good crop?
Any suggestions ?

OK,I think most if not all your questions can be answered in an existing thread, make a huge pot of tea sit back & read this thread .... http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...eed_69067.html .... Potty only grows in containers & AP grows onions for the show bench.

[MarkPelican]

That's a long process and takes several years...im on year one

I know, and I'm also starting to try and clean up my plot. My problem is knowing where it is. I've decided not to grow garlic, onions or leeks for a couple of years and garlic water, then to try garlic (which apparently is more sensitive) to see what happens. I've given up with leeks because of leek moth (rather than whiterot). I hadn't thought about growing onions in containers, maybe give that a try.

[Scarlet]

I've given up with leeks because of leek moth (rather than whiterot).

Leek moth will also attack onions and garlic. Enviromesh is your only solution. I get that too

[MarkPelican]

Leek moth will also attack onions and garlic. Enviromesh is your only solution. I get that too

I know I shouldn't think it but .... I'm glad onions are cheap in the supermarket.

[Scarlet]

I haven't grown onions for a few years now last year I started off a new patch for garlic/giant garlic. Covered both with enviromesh. The garlic wasn't as good as it could have been as it got a little rust!! But the giant garlic is huge. I don't even try spring onions anymore