Twisted onions from sets

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John Clarke

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Twisted onions from sets
« on: June 01, 2023, 18:33 »
Hi all

Can anyone advise why my onion sets all seem to be stunted and twisted.
They were planted out around late February, we haven't had any particularly cold spells, based in the south west UK. They started off growing well, but seemed to develop this over the last 4 weeks.
Weather has been dry, but I have watered with a can.

See attached photo

Varieties growing
Stuttgart, Centurion and Red Baron  - all seem to be affected.

Many thanks in advance
John
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Re: Twisted onions from sets
« Reply #1 on: June 01, 2023, 19:46 »
Look like they’ve got onion eelworm I’m afraid,if so they’ll not be successful, end up rotting in my experience
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Re: Twisted onions from sets
« Reply #2 on: June 01, 2023, 19:47 »
Welcome to the forums  :)

The most likely culprit is the allium leaf miner  :(
https://www.rhs.org.uk/biodiversity/allium-leaf-miner
I try to take one day at a time, but sometimes several days all attack me at once...

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Re: Twisted onions from sets
« Reply #3 on: June 02, 2023, 06:50 »
Defo looks like leaf miner damage to me. You can see the vertical lines if you zoom in. In my experience the damage is much less on onions than if you get it on leeks so you might still get a crop albeit much reduced in size. Fingers crossed.

The only way to stop is ultra fine mesh type netting.
 



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