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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: azubah on September 12, 2017, 07:35

Title: onion white rot
Post by: azubah on September 12, 2017, 07:35

I haven't had any onion white rot this year. I usually get it a lot.
Also I got some allium leaf miner early on but the onions recovered and made good bulbs this year.
Could it be due to the weather?

Title: Re: onion white rot
Post by: mumofstig on September 12, 2017, 09:02

It is usually worse in cool years, rather than hot ones, when soil is also damp (that's why you shouldn't water them)
What has your weather been like?

Title: Re: onion white rot
Post by: azubah on September 12, 2017, 15:02

Cold spring, then wet, then dry, then wet again now. When I first got my plot I had to water seeds sown and small plants in spring, now I rarely water anything any time.