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Originally Posted by xellos99
Well all my garlic has rust disease so I am going to have to research if the spores stay alive after plants are dead.
I am paranoid now about transferring the disease to next years crop because it is like a spore that spreads I think.
I am hoping it cannot lay dormant
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Everything I read about rust says not to worry, it doesn't affect the cloves you want to replant. My guess it overwinters on decaying foliage, and never affects belowground parts (except for not growing as big because of the loss of leaves). So not to worry.
