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Growing => Grow Your Own => Topic started by: wrinkly1 on August 03, 2016, 18:05

Title: clubroot
Post by: wrinkly1 on August 03, 2016, 18:05

i know it,s an old chestnut on here but here goes. my plot is crippled by clubroot. i know i can grow  resistant seed. i,ve also used tons of lime. but i,m still beat. i heard of flower of sulpher but am i wasting my time. anyone out there have any idea of how to help. i love growing cabbage but am limited to choice.  thank you.

Title: Re: clubroot
Post by: mumofstig on August 03, 2016, 18:15

Have you tried growing them on til they are quite big before planting them out?

Title: Re: clubroot
Post by: wrinkly1 on August 03, 2016, 18:36

no but its athought. puts the price of growing veg. up. but thanks for your input.

Title: Re: clubroot
Post by: Yorkie on August 03, 2016, 19:13

DD, who has clubroot, always recommends growing clubroot-resistant varieties (if you do a search you'll probably find some that he uses) plus growing the plants much bigger before planting out.  They seem to overcome the clubroot better that way.  A handful of lime in the planting hole at planting out time can't hurt, either.

Title: Re: clubroot
Post by: snow white on August 04, 2016, 13:18

I have heard of people digging a hole in the soil and filling it with compost and lime and putting the cabbage plant in that.

Title: Re: clubroot
Post by: wrinkly1 on August 04, 2016, 17:17

thanks everyone. yorkie. who is dd

Title: Re: clubroot
Post by: Yorkie on August 04, 2016, 18:42

There is a member called "DD."

Title: Re: clubroot
Post by: Yorkie on August 04, 2016, 18:45

DD.'s main post:
http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=70500.msg804879#msg804879

Others:
http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=84766.msg943110#msg943110
http://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=91051.msg1012711#msg1012711