Garlic harvest
In article
songbird writes:
that is
why it is hard to remove once it goes off to the
wild. you think you've pulled it all but there
are some cloves down there hiding. so you have to
dig it up and sift the soil pretty well to find
them all and even then you might miss a tiny one
and it will then be back the next time the weather
turns cool/wet again. these plants have cunning
plans for world domination.
Sounds a lot like field onion, which has been a common weed most
places that I've had a garden. Time and frustration just brought
me to accept that what I dug up was "most of it." Also, unless the
compost gets really hot, they'll survive that as well.
I don't *seem* to have much onion right now. Just the creeping
thistle (which is mostly dying under the mulch this year -- a welcome
surprise).
On topic: After last year's neglect, I believe I have reclaimed a
space suitable for garlic. Hopefully I will be planting it this
fall. No clue currently on varieties. I suspect one softneck and
one hardneck, since I don't know what I prefer. The catalog
descriptions are of limited value, since I don't know whether the
grocery store garlic is "hot" or not (probably not). And if I
haven't had "hot," how do I know whether I like it?
--
Drew Lawson Some men's dreams
for others turn to nightmares.
I never would have thought this
in my wildest dreams.
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