club root

[shirlton]

We have been working our plot for about 4 years now and have been quite strict with crop rotation.This year we have really bad club root on the brocolli roots.
What would you suggest we do.

[shirlton]

[Sinbad7]

Whatever you do Shirl, don't walk on the soil near it, and walk off somewhere else on the plot, otherwise you will spread it all over the plot.  I'd certainly pull them all up and put them straight in a bag and remove them from the site.

It really is a deadly thing to have.

You have my deepest sympathy.

[shirlton]

Tony got it all out today and put it in a plastic sheet to take to the tip.I had grown sweet peas on the same ground for 3 years so we havent grown any brassicas on it. It was uncultivated for 10 years before we took it on.
Have been reading about it and it says that the crop is very weak. Our cropping was good and the plants still look really healthy apart from a couple that had rotted off out of around 30 plants.
I did lime when I planted them.

[Sinbad7]

Did you start the brassica's off from seed or were they brought in?

I have it on both of my plots and first got it from plants bought from Marshall's a good few years ago now.

It is a nightmare although I do grow a few brassica's but it is a lot of hard work planting them out to say nothing of all the other problems that you have growing brassica's to overcome as well.

[shirlton]

It was our own seed. We have never bought any plants in. Apparently it can stay in the ground for years waiting for a host. Well it got one this year eh!. Everywhere else on the plot has been ok.

[Sinbad7]

I've had it for at least 10 years now.

Hope it just stays put and doesn't get spread anywhere else on your plot.

I'd be a bit miffed if I was you at least I can blame Marshall's ;D

[davyw1]

Shirl, if most of the plants were looking healthy why did you pull them and not let them grow on.

[pumkinlover]

As Davyw1 says you can leave the other plants in if you wanted.
Club root is a problem but you can live with it >:(

[shirlton]

We ain't daft ya know. The stuff was finished we had taken every last weeny side shoot from it. Tony was taking it out to free the bed up. ;D

[shirlton]

This is a pic of the roots and there is another one following

[shirlton]

[RSJK]

I have had fantastic results using Perlka fertilizer will put some pics on tomorrow of what was ground that i have not been able to grow good brassicas for the last  or 6 years

[shirlton]

Thanks Richard. Give us the info on the Perlka will you

[davyw1]

Thanks Richard. Give us the info on the Perlka will you

I got a little curious myself Shirl and found this, well worth a try i thinks

http://www.nvsuk.org.uk/growing_show_vegetables_1/clubroot_brassica.php

[shirlton]

Thanks Davy.It looks great stuff after reading that. Just have to find out where to get it and how much it is Thanks for the info

[RSJK]

growing on grown that was full of club root

[RSJK]

I got the perlka fertilizer from a guy called Mick Poultney at Cradley  Allotments, forget how much i paid for a 25 kg bag but it was not cheap.
The plus side to that is a little goes along way.
It certainly as done the trick and i shall be goimg back for another bag soon.
Think you can but it direct from Tozer seeds.

[shirlton]

Thanks Richhard

[RSJK]

few more pics of brassicas after using Perlka fertilizer

[shirlton]

That looks great Richard. I have got some more brocolli to go out next week so I am going to have look and see if I can get some locally.