Broadback wrote:
: Having grown garlic successfully for several years I am particularly
: disappointed to notice that all the leaves are thick with a rust like
: growth(?). Also the row of onions adjacent to the garlic has signs of
: this rust. Is it a serious problem, can I cure it or stop its spread
: to the onions please? It will be sad to have no garlic this Winter,
: but devastating to have no onions either!

Seems to be on the increase down here too although it doesn't necessarily
mean the end of the clove of garlic. The leeks used to get it every year but
they are not so badly infected in the last year or so. Some people spray
with dithane but you need to add a bit of soap liquid to make it adhere to
the surface