Fusarium Basal Rot (Onions)

Fusarium

Basal Rot (Onions)

Description: First seen as curving, yellowing of leaf tips,

progessively moving downward.

Solution: Do not

grow grain cover crops in rotation with onions or garlic.

Maintain soil pH at 6.5 to 7.0. Test soil pH; if it

is too acid, use ground limestone to raise pH. Most

garden centers and farm stores sell ground limestone.

Do not allow soil to thoroughly dry out. Sprinkle SoilGard^TM Microbial

Fungicide over seed at time of sowing, before

covering seed with soil. When starting seed indoors,

mix SoilGard with potting soil before seed is sown.