Club Root: What to look for.

 Club Root: What to look for.

When cabbages get clubroot, the roots of your plants will grow galls on the root. As it is the roots that are affected you will not notice right away, because they are out of sight under the ground.  

Here are a list of a few other signs of infection:the earliest:

Leaves tuning yellow. wilting of leaves on hot days. 

Leaves wilting when the weather is warm.

Stunted growth.

Dig up one of the plants, if the root is club-shaped, then you have club root

As the disease goes on, the root will rot completely and the plant will die.

Preventing and Curing Clubroot

Clubroot has no cure; so the best way is to avoid the disease. 

One way is to treat the seeds with Quintozene at least 5 to before transplanting. 

Make sure that your seeds are certified. 

There are some Brassica oleracea that are not effected by club root, Thousand headed kale, is one such. 

Clean your tools after every job. Use something like formaldehyde or Jayes fluid.

Make sure your soil is 7.2 or higher. You should lime your soil if it is lower then this.

Using hydrated lime may reduce or completely control the disease. However, this may work only with heavier soils.