club root

[gandalf]

Basamid G works fine, but it will cost you and the application is tedious

[Johnboy]

Hi Multiveg,
Do you actually suffer from Club Root on your plot?
JB.

[Multiveg]

There is clubroot on the site (7 allotments) though have always planted with rhubarb stem (5th year?). The next plot up has had clubroot (the person been plotting for 30? years) and the only brassica he grows is purple sprouting broccoli.
One brassica I pulled - well, looked more like potatoes (roots with "tubers" on).

[david71]

thanks gandalf

i have never heard of Basamid G, is it easy to obtain?

[david71]

thanks tigger,

have you tried the resistant seeds and if so did they work?

[alan refail]

When I had clubroot (he said smugly) I used to grow calabrese Trixie. It worked to a degree, but did get clubroot quite soon. It mainly succeeded by being quick-growing.
Here are some others' experiences and views:-

http://www.rhs.org.uk/ibb/posts.aspx?postID=3127

Alan

[Colin_M]

Thanks Tigger, that was an interesting thread.

I was also intruiged with the last message about mychorrizal fungi. I have a packet of this at home and whilst potting up some sprouting broccoli, tried adding some to a few pots.

Then I started to wonder if this would actually help. I believe mychorrizal fungi work by growing an extra network of fungal threads in the soil that can bring further moisture & nutrients to the host plant. Could these also turn into a route in for the clubroot fungi to get into the brassica??


Colin

[GIULIA]

the chopped rhubarb thing works for about 9 or10 weeks only, so it's useful for summer brassicas but nothing can help the overwintering ones on our site.