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onion white rot

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  Posted by stoney147 (U14993865) on Monday, 3rd October 2011

  Hi does anyone know any cures or treatments for onion white rot? Ive heard there`s some dust that you can/could use, any help would be grateful.

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  Posted by Tee Gee (U10012255) on Monday, 3rd October 2011

  There is a lot of research being done on this subject and a factor that has come up is to kid the disease into killing itself.
  
  The gist of the idea is to spray an area with say a garlic based liquid this encourages the disease to think that alliums are present which there is not.
  
  Apparently the disease dies off through not having a host plant to feed on or something to that affect.
  
  I have heard of cases of digging in allium leaves to attract the spores to create a similar affect.
  
  But to answer your question; currently there is NO cure for this disease.
  
  Try googling the subject there is some interesting information out there.

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  Posted by Kleftiwallah (U13700999) on Tuesday, 4th October 2011

  A very ineresting idea TeeGee.
  
  Having just suffered with this for the first time, what's this garlic based liquid. Is it just liquidised garlic? I have quite a few that are too small and fiddly for cooking. Cheers, Tony.

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  Posted by stoney147 (U14993865) on Tuesday, 4th October 2011

  Cheers Tee Gee
  
  Didn`t expect an answer like that, was ready for all that keep clear for 8 year stuff.
  
  I`ve got an old gardening book from the 70`s and it mentions dusting with some substance, any idea`s.
  
  Thanks.

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  Posted by realfood (U13916672) on Tuesday, 4th October 2011

  There is nothing legal for dusting to kill whiterot nowadays.
  Have a look at this page for quantities of garlic for the garlic water treatment.
  
  If you are quick, the ground may be still warm enough to try this treatment. I applied the garlic lotion several months ago to the ground that I am using to grow alliums in next year.

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