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As nasturtium are members of the brassica family, do the also suffer from clubroot, or, more important can they transfer clubroot from one part of the garden to another?
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(30-10-2020, 09:15 PM)Spec Wrote: As nasturtium are members of the brassica family, do the also suffer from clubroot, or, more important can they transfer clubroot from one part of the garden to another? I didn't realise they were brassicas but if they are they could also suffer from clubroot and spread the spores
Clubroot is a microscopic fungus so yes, it could be spread this way.  Do you have clubroot in part of your garden Spec?
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I didn't think Nasturtums were brassicas either as the flowers are the wrong shape. Brassica flowers have 4 petals, cruciform.
The garden flower Nasturtium is actually a Tropaeolum, not a brassica.
However, there are plants called Nasturtiums that are brassicas - but they're not the garden flowers we usually grow.
Before you breathe a sigh of relief, Honesty, Sweet Rocket, Wallflowers and various other flowers are brassicas.
There's a list at https://www.britannica.com/topic/list-of...ae-2004620
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31-10-2020, 12:24 AM
(This post was last modified: 31-10-2020, 05:54 AM by Spec.)
(30-10-2020, 10:19 PM)Vinny Wrote: (30-10-2020, 09:15 PM)Spec Wrote: As nasturtium are members of the brassica family, do the also suffer from clubroot, or, more important can they transfer clubroot from one part of the garden to another? I didn't realise they were brassicas but if they are they could also suffer from clubroot and spread the spores
Clubroot is a microscopic fungus so yes, it could be spread this way. Do you have clubroot in part of your garden Spec? 
No Vinny I don't have clubroot though it was in the garden many years ago, and don't want it back again, so when I read about watercress being
Nasturtium officinale, I immediately thought that with the peppery taste, similar to the likes of rocket, then what I know as nasturtium could be related to the brassica, but as Veggie has pointed out the nasturtium that I sow for flowers are thankfully of the Tropaeolum species, so thanks Veggie
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