Garlic rust

Murray · « **on:** June 09, 2008, 19:42 »

Hello everyone, my garlic has infected with rust. I've sprayed some organic anti-rust stuff, to no avail. How many infected leaves can a plant survive on? I'm a bit nervous about taking off too many. Apsrt from that, they seem very healthy. Thanks in advance, Murray

gobs · « **Reply #1 on:** June 09, 2008, 19:46 »

Many infected leaves they can survive, I'd stop taking them off actually.

Let them be, unless 'dying' - in which case bin - only kidding this would be very rare. Might not be a famous crop, but they should be OK, big shame if you were after eating the leaves, but the bulbs should be fine.

DD. · « **Reply #2 on:** June 09, 2008, 19:47 »

Have a look at this, Murray & stop worrying!

http://www.chat.allotment-garden.org/viewtopic.php?p=226357

I get it every year, but the garlic comes out OK.

DD. · « **Reply #3 on:** June 09, 2008, 19:53 »

Sorry gobs, too quick for me, but it was your post I pointed to!

WirralWally · « **Reply #4 on:** June 10, 2008, 00:09 »

Apologies for hijacking your thread Murray.

Is this the rust that you refer to?

I've got over 100 plants looking like this.

DD. · « **Reply #5 on:** June 10, 2008, 05:58 »

That's rust all right!

amberleaf · « **Reply #6 on:** June 10, 2008, 06:41 »

I bought proper garlic for planting for the first time and it is smothered with the stuff, the bulbs are fine but my beautiful plot looks a mess around the garlic.

We planted broad beans next to them and they are very stunted. I did wonder if it was effecting them.

gobs · « **Reply #7 on:** June 10, 2008, 07:52 »

Might do, not the rust, the garlic itself, they said not to grow well together.

However, they might be just fine...

siztenboots · « **Reply #8 on:** June 10, 2008, 11:52 »

Doh ! Wish I knew about beans and garlic .

I planted my first row of dwarf beans next to the garlic ( covered in rust at present ), to my untrained eyes they seems to develop okay.

They were smothered in black fly two weeks ago, and the ladybirds were eating like mad.

Murray · « **Reply #9 on:** June 10, 2008, 15:37 »

Thanks all. I've taken off about 50%, hope that's not too much! I'll give it a rest now and see what happens.. I must improve my typing.

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