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A Tip I Heard On B.b.c. Radio Kent On Sunday.put A One Inch Piece Of Rhubarb By The Stem Of Brassicas To Prevent Clubroot.
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Hi PVM,
I did not know about that, will give it a try though.
Thanks, Mandy -
opps,
Welcome to the vine too!
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We do not yet have Clubroot, (?Hubris), but I have been trying to find someone who has actually tried this to see if it works. I found the advice in a very very old Gardening book some time back.Comment
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I seem to recall it was mentioned on the Vine last year too. On a related matter, is anyone gonna try the new "clubroot resistant" cabbage "Kilaxy" this year ?Rat
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Snadger puts rhubarb leaves under his cabbages to help prevent club root.[Comment
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Oxalic acid is the active ingredient....and it worked!
But there again they were, and are, Spring Cabbage, and my feelings are that clubroot is more active under higher summer temperatures and not so much a problem during the cold winter months anyway!My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)
Diversify & prosper
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Neighbour tried them last year and I was quite impressed!Originally posted by sewer rat View Post He told me a few had swollen roots but it didn't seem to afect there growth. They are a big cabbage which stand well over a long period without 'blowing'
Not the tastiest by all accounts, but worth growing (he is growing them again this year, and so am I!)
PS There is also a clubroot resistant cauli out, but I have only seen plants for sale and no seeds as far as I know?
My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)
Diversify & prosper
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A friend of mine used to dig the hole & fill it with double strength (10ml to the gallon I think) Armillartox then water it in with normal strength - he said it knoceked them for six for a start but he no longer has clubroot on his lottie plots!!ntg
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My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)
Diversify & prosper
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My FRIEND has been there as well!
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