Crop rotation question

[Kristen]

I'm totally sure I got it from Wilkinson onion sets one year. I'd never ever had any problems before that. The seed onions I grew were unaffected, but now of course the disease is in my soil for years to come

Interesting point. This is my second year growing Onions from seed; last year they were fantastic compared to the set ones I had grown for donkey's years before. This year planting out was much the same as last year so "fingers crossed". But the potential for White-rot from Sets has convinced me even more.

[Kristen]

I'm totally sure I got it from Wilkinson onion sets one year. I'd never ever had any problems before that. The seed onions I grew were unaffected, but now of course the disease is in my soil for years to come

Interesting point. This is my second year growing Onions from seed; last year they were fantastic compared to the set ones I had grown for donkey's years before. This year planting out was much the same as last year so "fingers crossed". But the potential for White-rot from Sets has convinced me even more.

[endymion]

long red florence onions - Google Search

Sprouting Seeds Onion 1 packet

That's embarrassing. Why is it that I forget about Google the moment I log into a forum

I'm totally sure I got it from ... onion sets one year. I'd never ever had any problems before that. The seed onions I grew were unaffected, but now of course the disease is in my soil for years to come

And I think I almost imported some the other day, from supermarket onions. They looked fine when we bought them, but after only a couple of days in thr fridge one of them had developed fluffy white mould round the roots - so it went straight into the bin.

Maybe we should stop composting onion peelings?