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Old 01-07-2017, 01:02 AM posted to rec.gardens.edible
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Default onions, garlic, shallots and water question

On 06/30/2017 04:42 PM, songbird wrote:
T wrote:
Hi All,

On my onions, shallots and garlic, when the stocks start to lose their
green and dry out, do I still keep watering them until the stocks
completely lose their green? What are the rules?


"stalks"

once they start dying back i'd ease off on
watering and stop once they reach the 1/3 die
back stage (where one third of the leaves have
gone brown).


songbird


What do you mean by "ease off"? I currently
water them once a day. I use my zukes as an
indicator. If I do not water enough, their
leaves wilt.