Managing Pests in Gardens: Vegetables: Onions and Garlic

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Pests in Gardens and Landscapes

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Onions and Garlic

Cultural tips
Fertilizing Harvesting and storage Planting	Site selection Soil improvement Soil preparation	Soil recommendations Time to plant Watering

Pests and disorders of Onions and Garlic
Invertebrates Cutworms Grasshoppers Leafminers Mites Bulb mites Wheat curl mite Nematodes Onion maggot Snails/slugs Thrips Diseases Bacterial soft rots Basal rot Black mold Blue mold rot Botrytis leafspot (Leaf blight) Downy mildew	Diseases (continued) Neck rot (Botrytis bulb rot) Pink root Purple blotch and Stemphylium leaf blight White rot Environmental disorders Common environmental disorders Cold weather Planting at the wrong time or with the wrong variety Vertebrates Weeds

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How to Manage Pests

Pests in Gardens and Landscapes

Onions and Garlic

Invertebrates

Diseases

Diseases (continued)

Environmental disorders

Vertebrates

Weeds