One of my garlic plants is covered in rust. I have dug it up as a precaution.
Is rust harmful? Or is it mostly cosmetic?
Ten x
I'm sure there will be those who disagree but I eat them - and ot does seems to be a bad year for rust!
I pull up every groundsel seedling I see cos they are the worst for getting (and spreading) rust.
AC 8)
Ten all my garlic has rust, every year! My leeks will then get it later on in the year :( I just pull off the offending leaves, or snip the tops off them depending on the damage, hasn't affected the eating quality so far ;D
OK I will not be too worried then!
ten x
Aye - no problems, Tenuse. I don't even pull off the leaves - but I do clear the groundsel. Rust is only a cosmetic problem, I think - unless you're showing the leeks/garlic!
Hey, why shouldn't freckly veg win the show once in a while?
All best - Gavin
Ooh yes I am freckly myself, I will enter me and a garlic plant as The Veggie Twins!
Ten x