Botrytis is extremely common, but there are some things you can do to protect your plants.
Starting now through mid-August, garlic plants will be ready to harvest. But master gardener Ed Buyarski says gardeners should look out for botrytis, a fungus disease that can spread throughout crops.
“It’s mostly in the soil already, assuming that we’ve been gardening for a while — or even in the wild soil.” he said. Buyarski pulled a garlic plant that was showing signs rot due to botrytis and pointed out pinkish-red streaks running down the base of the stalk to the bulb.A garlic bulb with the telltale red streaks of a botrytis infection on the skin.
Buyarski said each leaf of the garlic plant’s stalk corresponds to a layer of protective skin over the bulb.He peeled away layers of red-streaked skins from the stalk to reveal the bulb and its cloves. Those are healthy and can be eaten fresh, but they are too small to be saved for curing.Botrytis is very common and attacks plants when conditions are right, such as too much moisture or not enough air circulation.
“When I am harvesting the garlic a month from now, six weeks from now, I will sort out any of these that I am suspicious of, if I see that red streak going down into the bulb,” he said.Get notifications about news related to the topics you care about. You can unsubscribe anytime.Breaking news
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