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Old 13-11-2003, 02:15 PM
laurie \(Mother Mastiff\)
 
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Default Desperate question - wild onions (and garden update)

If you break down and decide to go the chemical route, 2,4D applied
fall,
spring, and then again in the fall will get rid of the majority of the
garlic. Be sure to apply a surfactant because garlic is hard to wet.

Be
sure to read label as centipede is sensitive to many lawn chemicals.


Darn, it is a sloping lawn and the runoff would run into the organic veggie
garden. But there are a LOT of them nowadays.

If you free range your chickens I would forgo the chemical route and

live
with the problem. Low mowing, 1.5-2" will help control the pest.


I will try the mowing, my handyman doesn't mind mowing and he already knows
I am nuts so wanting mowing done on a dormant lawn shouldn't faze him.

For a few clumps, digging them up is an option.


It is getting to be pretty thorough coverage! At least half to three
quarters of an acre is infested with them. Would take an army of yard
gnomes working full time.

Years ago I had a

friend who swore his neighbor liked them and cleared the yard by digging
them all up and EATING them. A mouff full of wild onions or garlic
ought to keep the doctor and everybody away!!


It sure would keep my boyfriend away! Heck, it would keep me away, I don't
like the smell of raw onions myself.

What was that neighbor's name and number? Pencil poised....

thanks! laurie (Mother Mastiff)