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05-03-2004, 02:26 AM

Loki wrote:
il 4 Mar 2004 14:08:50 -0800, (harry411) ha scritto:

Greetings all my question is my garlic
plants are covered with 6" of straw
they are starting to pop out of the straw
should I remove the straw or leave it for
weed control. thanks

Harry

zone 6 new york
18 days till spring

I'd say keep it for mulch. One wonders how much energy went into that
extra growth before seeing light. But now they're there, may as well
leave it.

Never used it and never had a problem in New York, zone 5. If it's
there though maybe I'd leave it, less work that way! ;-)

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Steve

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