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| Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 2:31 pm Post subject: My chives...what's happening to them? |
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Does anyone know what could be wrong with my chives. They have little spots on them, but they don't look like they are being eaten. I'm having a wicked problem with Japanese beetles this year and I've just gotten some traps to put out for them.
In the mean time, the chives don't look like the other plants (eaten, with holes) so I'm not sure what it is.
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| Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2008 12:54 am Post subject: |
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Is that the same as leek rust Sjoerd?
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Yes it is, Eileen. Sorry for sounding so esoteric, but I figured that the latin name was the same in all languages.
Heh heh heh... I had to think for a moment, though. After thinking about it, the translated common name in dutch translates to what you said.  Sometimes I can be a bit thick.
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OK, so I tried to look it up and I'm getting nothing...so to speak. What can I do about it? Are they still ok to eat? I've been just cutting around it, but I'd like to fix the problem if it's a problem that can be fixed. Any ideas?
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If I can catch it early, I just cut off the infected leaves and destroy them. Otherwise I do not combat it and see what happens. Sometimes it develops enough to harvest, but it can weaken the plant and severely hamper the it's development to the point that it can kill it.
If you are not totally an organic gardner, you can use tebuconazole, a chemical fungicise from Bayer under the name of "Horizon EW", I believe.
You could also use Nativo 75 WG (tebuconazole 50 %, trifloxystrobine 25 %)
Good luck, "T".
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Thanks Sjoerd, I try not to use the chemicals because of DD#2 (who's 4) and neighbors children along with pets around. So I'll just wait it out. I remember it happening last year also but it was late in the season so I didn't bother with it at all.
Unfortunately it's been a really busy summer this year and I'm embarressed to say I've neglected my garden too much. Thanks for the info though I wasn't having any luck online.
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I get that rust some years on my leeks and usually just remove the leaves and the plants do mature in spite of it.
I always wonder though if they would have been bigger polants if the rust had not struck.
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