Devastated to see rust on my large healthy looking garlic. I have read about fungicides, but I think different plant families suffer from different rusts, so what to use on garlic? Does anyone know?
I get a bit on garlic and Leeks but not enough to resort to sprays...
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My garlic suffered quite badly last year, first time I had experienced it; it didn't affect the yield though, or the storage capabilities, so I wouldn't bother too much! ;D
Are you sure that it is rust and not the yellowing of the older outer leaves that have over wintered?
What do the leaves radiating from the centre of the bulb look like?
I'm fairly certain TeeGee what with red pustules...
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Have a look at my garlic page. It shows a leaf with classic patches of rust the new inside leaves are unaffected which is what happened last year.
http://www.allaboutliverpool.com/allaboutallotments_Vegetables_garlic.html
Nice site... ;D
Well, that all sounds encouraging, thanks. They are yellow raised spots that I am confident are rust, and I thought that getting it so early in the season might wipe out the whole crop. The central leaves are bright green and unspotty, and yesterday I picked off the affected leaves.
I looked it up and got alarming headlines like this:
"Rust disease struck the California garlic industry during the cool and wet conditions of 1998, in some cases hard enough to cut yields in half and reduce value per acre by nearly three-quarters......"
Hence my panic. I love garlic, and it has always grwn well in the past.
Too late then I guess I don't think there are any curative sprays as such although it is said 'Tilt' might do the trick (thats if you can get any)
Word of warning you need an eyedropper to measure out the doses i.e. from memory it is two drops per two gallon of water, such is the concentration!