Mustard greening crop - club root in rape.

[Dolomite]

Asking for a customer. If mustard was to be put into some land as a greening crop. Should clubroot be a worry in a osr crop in a years time or so? He thinks as they are both Brasicas it would be and I'm not an agronomist. Also is clubroot as crop/ yearly problem or one that never leaves the field?

Thanks

 

[high plains drifter]

I was advised to use phacelia if rape was in the rotation

 

[Barry]

Yes it can act as a host for Clubroot, so to minimise the build up keep it out of the rotation.

 

[Oat]

Yes it can act as a host for Clubroot, so to minimise the build up keep it out of the rotation.

Equally, make sure that any rape volunteers , runch, shepherd's purse and charlock are kept out of the intermediate crops. They are all members of the brassica family and will host clubroot

 

[yellow belly]

oats if not grown are better than mustard in a rape rotation

if I did not intend growing rape then brassica covers would be the favoured option