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Have spotted rust on my garlic plants. It’s not too bad and the plants are still looking really healthy. Given that I would be harvesting quite soon anyway I was thinking I would just cut the affected leaves off and leave them in the ground. however I have just planted out some leeks in a separate raised bed and I’m slightly worried that it might spread to them. What do you think I should do?
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Leeks seem to be more resistant to rust than garlic. There's different strains of rust, some affect leeks, some affect onions, most seem to affect garlic. Go with your original plan and remove affected leaves.
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Have done that thanks. Had a fumble under the ground and while there are bulbs that are a not bad size they don’t seem to have split into individual cloves. Bit gutted.Comment
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Yours sound similar to mineOriginally posted by annie8 View Post
. Mine has a touch of rust. I lifted one and mine hadn't split either.
I wonder if I decapitate the top if it will throw up new, hopefully unaffected with rust leaves, but I doubt it. 
As Jay-ell says its probably best to remove the rusted leaves or cover them with Vaseline to stop it spreading.
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mine have rust too and after last weeks heavy rains im sure the rust will be worse now ,i was watching charles dowding on yt and he says take them out around the end of june , its pretty close to that so i might take them out this week to make space for chillis ,toms and cucumbers , i dug one up the other day to give to another plot holder and the stem was lovely and thick but there wasnt much of a bulb on the bottom , guess its not a good year for garlic all round then , cheersThe Dude abides.Comment
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My Provence Wight is well rusted, after the little bit of damp weather we've had they'll probably be red instead of green. Illtbe pulling them up next trip.
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― Thomas A. Edison
�Negative results are just what I want. They�re just as valuable to me as positive results. I can never find the thing that does the job best until I find the ones that don�t.�
― Thomas A. Edison
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Rust has got worse so have cut all the leaves off them. Am not really wanting to lift them though if I can avoid it. Don’t think they are quite ready yet. Could I leave for a while longer? Pulled one that had broken off. The bulb was ok and white but hadn’t really split. Expecting the rest to be the same. SighComment
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