On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 02:37 +0100 (BST), (Steve
Harris) wrote:

In article ,
(Stephen Howard) wrote:

diseases that onions are prone to...but then follows standard advice
not to compost diseased material unless you're sure your process will
deal with it.

You might not know the disease organisms were present on bought onions.
If you imported certain onion diseases into your garden, it could take
8 years to get rid of them.

True, but also true of diseases that affect other plants...brassicas
for example.
The same diseases could be bought in via seedlings too.

Sooner or later you have to trust to luck and common sense.

Regards,



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