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That one’s worked well for me, five years and not counting….

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Geoff, my understanding is that white rot is spread physically i.e. if you dug up a chunk of infected soil and spread it in an unaffected area, you will increase it. Don’t do that though 😉

I’ve had trouble with it, but it doesn’t put me off growing onions because:

1) I cleared an area of our plot (weeds, rubbish) that was unused for many years; this is the main onion growing bed.
2) We harvest and then fry for about ten minutes, any infected onions, followed by freezing. The yield is less but we still gain something. Any trimmings go in the landfill bin, not the green composting.
3) I’m going to try “Golden Bear” next year as it, allegedly, has white rot resistance!

Hope this cheers you up/ increases your options a bit, as it can be very disappointing to see your hard work and care end up in a failed crop. Cheers.

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Possibly attacked from below Ron?

The ground here is so hard from lack of rainfall, that it’s quite a task to dig them up with my copper spade! Hope you can find out who the culprit is.

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Hi. Spring onions not ideal as also an allium, but not out of the question. I have plants ready to follow my elephant garlic: beetroot, swede, filderkraut cabbage, though there are other possibilities too. Perhaps other forum members could pitch in their favoured successions for garlic, and increase all our options?

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Many thanks. One to remember for next year, now hoping the sprouts will pull through this time. If it’s not one thing, it’s t’other….

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Thank you.

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Sounds very nice, I’ll look out for these, thank you.

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Gathered half a bucket of the compost and sown some broad beans in there. I’ll know one way or the other in a months time – fingers crossed it’s wind damage.

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Bump.

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No worries, photo attached.

I’ve used some of this compost compost to earth up early, second and main crop spuds. The earlies (swift) have been a disaster; 90% failure rate but I put this down to potato seed virus as the plants grew intermittently, some growing ok and others literally dying off. I’ve removed the lot and found the tubers are disfigured, with kind of splits in them, very small harvest. Savoys to go in there to replace them.

However, seconds and mains are growing really well, vibrant with health. So, a bit of a mystery really. Hope it’s not herbicide as the local stables are a real gold mine of fertility! Thanks for any insights, Tris

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Another thought; ferns have been bent slightly due to recent strong winds, despite being supported. Perhaps the ferns rub against each other all day, every day, resulting in fern loss? They just don’t look very well, really hope to get to the bottom of this.

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Apologies, the packet says climbing! Could be a mix up as mine sown in May are climbing away, albeit steadily, especially compared to the czar.

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Borlotti are available as both dwarf and climbing varieties – what does the packet say Jacqui, or did it go in the bin like mine often do straight after being emptied!?

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Apologies as I didn’t mean to suggest compacted soil would grow anything well. More that no-dig or traditional dig methods will grow lovely cauliflowers for you. Of course, we favour no-dig and the advantages it offers 🙂

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They grow fine, either no-dig or otherwise. Set young plants deep so they become sturdy mature ones. Enjoy….

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