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"Bob Hobden" wrote ..

"Gary Woods" wrote after "Bob Hobden" wrote:

I did that for a number of years
until I once bought proper Uk suitable "seed" garlic from Marshalls and
the
difference was enough that I now buy the special garlic to plant every
year.

Why not keep some of your own garlic, acclimated to your particular
situation, rather than buy new each year?

Our ground does have a bit of White Rot in patches so I try not to plant
any alliums I've grown to try to stop it spreading. We lose a few onions
every year but not enough to make us stop growing them.

Dwayne" wrote ...
I used to live in an area that rotted the potatoes, onions, Etc. because of
too much rain. As soon as I planted those items in a raised bed or in
raised rows, the problem went away. It might help there also, if you
haven't tried it already.

It might well help as it would require new soil to raise the beds, however,
White Rot is a soil born disease so it would probably come back after a
time. Only sure cure is to stop planting any alliums for years and years and
we aren't at that stage yet.

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Regards
Bob
In Runnymede, 17 miles West of London