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tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Location: Essex

Posted: Sun Jun 03, 07 8:39 am Post subject:
No probs Simon, just lift them a little or completely and hang somewhere to dry. I've had rust like that and still had a very good crop. One thing to watch is that (if they're the type) they'll still try and send up their flowering spike even if you've taken them completely out of the ground, just make sure you nip that out as soon as it's visible.

Blue Sky

Joined: 30 Jan 2005
Posts: 7658
Location: France

Posted: Sun Jun 03, 07 8:42 am Post subject:
Thanks The leeks did that. They are laying on top of the compost pile with the roots dangling in the air and still the seed heads are reaching for the sky. It is a very odd site.

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Sun Jun 03, 07 10:45 am Post subject:
'Nother thread hijack - I have the opposite problem with my onions - the bulbs are quite uncovered, due to overenthusiastic watering (both by mother nature and me!) should I earth them up a bit - I've got piles of spare topsoil kicking about.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45426
Location: Essex

Posted: Sun Jun 03, 07 10:49 am Post subject:
How big are they? If they're already fairly big then prolly not worth it.

Lisa

Joined: 31 May 2005
Posts: 248
Location: Cheshire

Posted: Sun Jun 03, 07 6:47 pm Post subject:
My garlic leaves are looking a bit crispy (and, yes, a bit rusty too) - do I have to lift them? The bulbs are still quite small.

frewen

Joined: 08 Sep 2005
Posts: 11405

Posted: Sun Jun 03, 07 6:49 pm Post subject:
Well mine look like Simon's pictures so I'm going to leave them be.

Blue Sky

Joined: 30 Jan 2005
Posts: 7658
Location: France

Posted: Sun Jun 03, 07 7:22 pm Post subject:
sorry for hyjacking your thread Frewen but at least it looks like we will all be ok for garlic.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45426
Location: Essex

Posted: Sun Jun 03, 07 7:51 pm Post subject:

Lisa wrote:

My garlic leaves are looking a bit crispy (and, yes, a bit rusty too) - do I have to lift them? The bulbs are still quite small.

Doesn't sound like they're going to get any bigger, no harm leaving them though

frewen

Joined: 08 Sep 2005
Posts: 11405

Posted: Sun Jun 03, 07 7:53 pm Post subject:

Simon wrote:

sorry for hyjacking your thread Frewen but at least it looks like we will all be ok for garlic.

Feel free to hijack - good to know I am not alone

Treacodactyl
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Joined: 28 Oct 2004
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Posted: Thu Jun 17, 10 6:11 pm Post subject:
How's everyone's garlic this year? Ours has had rust on it the last few years but there's none so far this year. I'm not sure if there's not much rust about this year or if there's some other reason such as reusing saved bulbs rather than buying them in.

tahir

Joined: 28 Oct 2004
Posts: 45426
Location: Essex

Posted: Thu Jun 17, 10 6:14 pm Post subject:

Treacodactyl wrote:

How's everyone's garlic this year? Ours has had rust on it the last few years but there's none so far this year. I'm not sure if there's not much rust about this year or if there's some other reason such as reusing saved bulbs rather than buying them in.

I've never reused last years bulbs and I always get rust

zigs

Joined: 02 Sep 2005
Posts: 524
Location: Somerset

Posted: Thu Jun 17, 10 6:55 pm Post subject:
No rust so far, only the second year i've grown it on my sisters plot though

loopy

Joined: 20 Jan 2009
Posts: 109
Location: St Ives, Cambridgeshire

Posted: Fri Jun 18, 10 10:46 am Post subject:

we've never had rust here, but just wondering, how are peoples garlic looking this year? by this time last year, we'd harvested quite a few varieties that should be ready by May and June. But this year, we've not harvested anything yet. They've grown just like last year, look healthy and have started to swell, but seem about a month behind where they should be. Is this just down to the lack of sunshine or could there be something else to blame? They've been watered regularly and were fed in February, and have cut the scapes to encourage the energy to go to the bulbs, we've done everything the same as we've done in the past, yet they aren't ready for pulling yet despite being almost 3 weeks into June!

Rosemary Judy

Joined: 08 Aug 2005
Posts: 1215
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Fri Jun 18, 10 10:52 am Post subject:
It was a VERY cold winter....... everything is behind this year !

Res

Joined: 07 Apr 2005
Posts: 1172
Location: Allotment Shed, Harlow

Posted: Fri Jun 18, 10 1:17 pm Post subject:
I also have rust on my garlic but that is not a problem compared to the ones that have already died back due to white rot

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