[egym]

i've been told that theres a lot of it about on my allotment. what veg does it affect and how do i prevent it.?? :?:

[WG.]

It is a fungus which affects all brassicas.  You 'contol' it (rather than prevent it) by liming and by bringing on transplants to a larger size before planting out.  You can also plant brassicas into 'pockets' of compost created in the open ground.

[egym]

Thanks, what is liming? and if im planting out how will i recognise the fungus?

[Aidy]

try this, Munty gives the basic advise ..
http://www.chat.allotment-garden.org/viewtopic.php?t=8623&highlight=clubroot

[WG.]

Adding lime.  You won't see the fungus.

[muntjac]

another way of killing it completly is to rotation burn.. set a bonfire in turn along the plot .making a big fire the heat will travel down and  kill all weeds and other spores .. this is a heavy handed approach to getting rid but it is total .. it only fails if you bring in soil or plants carrying the spores from another place

[egym]

Thanks. it all seems clearer now.

[sweet nasturtium]

That explains why they used to set fire to the fields in days gone by?

[WG.]

That explains why they used to set fire to the fields in days gone by?

Probably not - straw burning is more likely.

[gobs]

another way of killing it completly is to rotation burn.. set a bonfire in turn along the plot .making a big fire the heat will travel down and  kill all weeds and other spores .. this is a heavy handed approach to getting rid but it is total .. it only fails if you bring in soil or plants carrying the spores from another place

That sunds the simplicity f genius t me. Them spores die exposed to heat ver 60C for mre than a day, nly the question(sorry the o key is rubbish): hw far dwn they are in the sil and hw much the sil t that level heats up?

You work that ut and gnna be a millinaire, r somene else, wh reads this will.

[muntjac]

yes it was just for that straw burning

my last summer doing that i was standing with a shotgun and shooting rabbits as they came hurtling out ,my dog was picking them up .i had shot 3  and then left them to pick up as i walked back up the field on my return to the gates and i stood gobsmacked as a fox cub came out the hedge and helped herself to them taking each in turn back to the hedge .. didnt have the heart to shoot it  

[mkhenry]

yes it was just for that straw burning

my last summer doing that i was standing with a shotgun and shooting rabbits as they came hurtling out ,my dog was picking them up .i had shot 3  and then left them to pick up as i walked back up the field on my return to the gates and i stood gobsmacked as a fox cub came out the hedge and helped herself to them taking each in turn back to the hedge .. didnt have the heart to shoot it  

Your god will kiss you on both cheeks for that.  

[muntjac]

     im sure not bending over for that mate      

[egym]

sorry the o key is rubbish

): will. [/quote]

Why not use the zer0 key instead if u got no "o" !
 

[gobs]

Ahh, that one is completely gone.

Nice idea, but if you can type, you are on autopilot, I find.