It’s a sorry sight in my veg store at this time all right. A carrier bag bulges full of onions and shallots which have failed to stay the course in the larder. I think it’s the white rot that’s done for them. I did loose a good quarter of the crop at harvest time and those that appeared clean were none-the-less grown in soil which was infected.
And as it says in the textbooks, onions with white rot won’t keep.
A Spaghetti squash and Butternut haven’t made it beyond Bonfire Night either. The former was sitting on a shelf and slowly turning to liquid mush. I spied the sagging pale yellow sack amid other, as yet still firm ones, and removed it to the refuse heap.
The poorly Butternut should provide a meal as only the stem end has gone grey mouldy. I’ll just hack that bit off.
A puff of smoky spores uplifted and dispersed inside the shed when I moved it. What with pest and diseases and unseasonably mild climes, for veg in store these are worrying times.
And here’s a couple of nice links for On The Plot which you might like to take a look at..
http://www.miss-thrifty.co.uk/2009/11/04/book-giveaway-on-the-plot-with-dirty-nails/
http://www.gardenaction.co.uk/book_reviews.htmCopyright, Joe Hashman www.dirtynails.co.uk
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