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This was one of a bag of pickling onions I bought off the local market stall and which have been sitting there for a week waiting for me to do something with them.

I immediately junked the whole lot into the dustbin and washed/bleached everywhere, so I'm hoping that my precautions are enough. Must go and clean where the carrier bag was resting. The new lot of sets and garlic are currently in a trug at the other end of the house, so they shouldn't be contaminated.

My camera now smells of bleach.

Has anyone any idea of how contagious this thing is?

moonbells

Hugely!!

Quote from: tim on October 05, 2005, 18:15:05
Hugely!!

Do you think I'm at risk? The stallholder also served me with a load of other things which may have been contaminated.

I wish I'd never bought the things.

moonbells, feeling sick.

God only knows!

Of course, it could be 'Basal rot' - see my link - but it does look nasty.

Hope you will show your photo to the vendor? BUT - he/she might not necessarily know that they had it?

I would have thought that 'white rotted' things would have long been dead by now?

Quote from: tim on October 05, 2005, 18:28:10
God only knows!

Of course, it could be 'Basal rot' - see my link - but it does look nasty.

Hope you will show your photo to the vendor? BUT - he/she might not necessarily know that they had it?

I would have thought that 'white rotted' things would have long been dead by now?

If you look to the top left of the photo you will see black sclerotia. It's white rot.  Classic I'd say.. Wouldn't ever have known if it hadn't been for you and EJ so it shows that greater warning does help - or I'd possibly have stuck them all on the compost heap and contaminated it all for sure! So thankyou for that!

I've looked at the HDRA website just now and they say disinfecting boots and tools etc from one plot to another is the best way of preventing the spread, so considering my gardening shoes didn't get near and I've washed everything since (and >50C heat will also kill the spore so the wooden chopping board the bag got tipped out on will get boiling water on it in a few minutes).

I doubt the vendor will even know what I'm on about. But if anyone else here's in this town (RosieM, Sarah-b) then don't go to the veg stall on the market!!!!

grrr.

moonbells

Yes - but still very surprising that it is showing at this time in the year??

Quote from: tim on October 05, 2005, 19:03:00
Yes - but still very surprising that it is showing at this time in the year??

I suppose that it's been in storage in a huge pile of onions, perhaps somewhere warmish. It's just been rotting gently. I did notice a suspicious one when I first got them home (and ditched it in the bin) but this one was really horrible and it was the black shiny patches that rang huge bells.

Well if anything survives what I've tipped over it, I'll be surprised. Here's hoping...

*sigh* Been one of those days, really. First the hubbie goes down with cold sore and he doesn't even notice - so now poor thing is having to avoid contact, and now my onions are contagious!

typhoid moonbells  :-\