Topic: trying to concentrate on the positives

[elvis2003]

but we have clubroot  on all the brassicas (our fave veg dept) rust on the garlic and a bit of white mould on the onions. with all that and half the plot in shade,its going to take some very careful planning for next year to be able to grow anything at all  ::)  ::)  ::)

still,the dahlia are very pretty and we wont be buying spuds for a while
rach

[BarriedaleNick]

I'm surprised you still have garlic and onions in!!  I had white rot so took a lot of my onions early and my garlic was rustier than Mr Musty's rusty old bedstead but I still got a decent crop.

Commiserations on the clubroot though and dahlias certainly brighten up the plot..

[Rhubarb Thrasher]

clubroot isn't necessarily fatal, and there are ways to reduce the problem

[elvis2003]

thanks guys,i havnt got garlic or onions in,took em all out quite early cos of said problems,the rust has spread to my leeks though,which are still in. yep RT have been looking at ways to reduce the problem,but nowt is going to save my crop this year,or let me use the land for brassicas again,i dont think anyway??? and its a huge portion of the plot,and as i said,half is in shade anyhow so dont have a lot of room to play with

[Rhubarb Thrasher]

we had it bad 5 years ago with our PSB, first year on this plot, and I thought that was it for brassicas, but we haven't had much trouble since, and I haven't done anything special. There are resistant plants, like Kilaxy, but i've not grown them

Way back I used calomel aka mercury chloride but then I saw sense and stopped

[saddad]

Good strong transplants and Lime into the hole is the best policy with clubroot... TeeGee has a good section on it..  :)

[elvis2003]

ta sadad,i did the strong transplant part,and limed,but not directly into hole

[saddad]

We don't have clubroot here, but they grow much stronger since we started liming into the holes.. being quite acid clay here...  :)

[flowergirl]

I know exactly how you feel.

Big hug  :)

[elvis2003]

I know exactly how you feel.

Big hug  :)

aaww thanks flower girl,hugs back
rach
xxxxx

[lushy86]

Chin up Elvis, don't be too downhearted, there is nearly always a solution to a problem - big hug

Lushy x

[budgiebreeder]

Try  puting a piece of rhubarb about an inch long in the bottom of the planting hole for Brassicas.This old fashioned method seems to work well for me for Club Root.