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Produce => Pests & Diseases => Topic started by: gray1720 on May 04, 2020, 09:08:05

Title: Mint rust
Post by: gray1720 on May 04, 2020, 09:08:05

It seems that I (well, my mint) have mint rust.

Any suggestions - do I bin the lot, grin and bear it and hope it doesn't get too bad, or what?

Adrian

Title: Re: Mint rust
Post by: saddad on May 04, 2020, 12:50:44

As mint isn't hard to get hold of... I'd suggest grubbing it out and burning it and growing in a different place.

Title: Re: Mint rust
Post by: Tee Gee on May 04, 2020, 13:01:42

You could try taking "Tip Cuttings"

When I grew Dahlias and on the odd occasion they become virused (There's that word again :BangHead:) we would take tip cuttings

Apparently the top couple of inches of new growth has yet to succumb to the virus so once rooted you have a non-virused plant.

Perhaps the system might work with Mint????

Probably worth a try....what have you to lose?