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My plot had not been cultivated for 10 years when I took it over. Yet today I noticed my shallots were dying off prematurely. On inspection I found they came out the soil very easily and the roots and bulbs were caked in white fluffy gack. Goes to show how long the spores persist.No idea if my whole plot is affected or just one area. My plot was split in two before being handed out, my neighbour has healthy looking onions only a few feet away.To add insult to injury the rotting bulbs are also full of little stripy maggots. No idea what they are, perhaps they were just taking advantage of the weakened plants, or thw white rot found it easier to infest the maggot eaten shallots; either which way a double whammy of disillusionment. It never gets easier to lose a crop, heartbreaking every time.My leeks are meant to be going in to the adjacent bed, a few feet away, are leeks badly hit by white rot?