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Old 22-04-2017, 01:28 AM posted to rec.gardens.edible
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Default Is it too late to replant potato onions?

Hi All,

Greetings from the Pineapple Express!
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We got soaked in rain and snow. Only four of my ~
20 potato onions sprouted. All of my shallots did,
but they got a lot less sky water. (Their bed is
in the shadow of a pine tree.)

Is it too late to replant potato onions? Or Should I
wait again until next fall and plant something else in
their bed for the time being.

I have HUGE garlic plants. They love all this snow and rain.
Yipee! There is nothing like fresh garlic from the garden.

Oh and I have got WEEDS! Inspecting my weeds, what is that
growing out the middle my weeds? MY WEEDS GOT WEEDS!!!

I have got dandelion MOUNDS! They are 18 inches around and
10 inches tall!!! I tried digging one up. There must be
10 individual root systems in each mound.

My Potato Onion bed got soaked in rain, frozen solid,
snowed on, thawed and turned into a lake, had
green stuff growing in it, got frozen again, more
rain, more snow, repeat. I am surprised anything survived.

One time, I went out to inspect, but my shoe started to sink,
so try again another day. I now walk on top of the weeds,
using them as stepping stones.

You win some you lose some.

:-)

-T

On the bright side, my favorite fishing hole will
have lots of water this year! Already caught one trout
out if it!