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Problems of Stored Garlic

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Cloves or heads have a pinkish cast to them:

Fusarium rot

Fusarium rot pdf

 

Cloves or heads are turning green:

Blue mold

Blue mold pdf

 

Cloves or heads with gray mold:

Botrytis

Botrytis pdf

 

Individual cloves appear translucent:

Waxy breakdown

Waxy breakdown pdf

 

 

Individual cloves with brown streaks or indents:

Dry bulb mites

Mites pdf

 

Irregular dark areas on the outer scales of the garlic heads, usually near the base of the bulb:

Embellisia Skin Blotch

Embellisia pdf

 

Tiny amber colored specks that are slightly raised above the white portions of the clove:

Stipple spot

Stipple spot pdf

 

For information on growing garlic in the Pacific Northwest see:

http://hort-devel-nwrec.hort.oregonstate.edu/garlic.html

http://www.tricity.wsu.edu/~cdaniels/profiles/Garlic.pdf

 

 

May 27, 2009
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