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onion mildew (neck rot)
Does anybody suffer this disease yet in 2011?
Touch wood, my onions are healthier than for many years, no mildew at all. I wonder if it is the weather, or because my soil is clean of the spores after I stopped growing over-wintering Japanese onions three years ago, also I have not bought any onion sets this year, all grown from seed.
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Hi Charles,
I suffer mainly white rot on my onions and can lose upto 50% inc the ones that don`t survive storage, However; I am growing a lot from seed now and find that they are much less affected. Growing from sets seems an easy option but its not that difficult growing from seed.
Pete
This is interesting Pete, I wonder if sets are carrying more disease than we realise.
My seed grown onions are superb this year and no mildew!