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Onion Weed Blues
On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:35:56 +1000, Trish Brown wrote:
Has anyone got any wisdom to share in the ongoing battle against onion weed? I've got a patch of the $@_)(%@&^$%^ stuff down the side of the house and I just can't seem to get rid of it. All suggestions gratefully accepted! ;-D Dig it up and throw the soild and weeds away. Or, pour a greaty pile of sump oil over the plants. |
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Onion Weed Blues
Has anyone got any wisdom to share in the ongoing battle against onion
weed? I've got a patch of the $@_)(%@&^$%^ stuff down the side of the house and I just can't seem to get rid of it. All suggestions gratefully accepted! ;-D -- Trish Brown {|:-} Newcastle, NSW, Australia |
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Onion Weed Blues
"Trish Brown" wrote in message ... Has anyone got any wisdom to share in the ongoing battle against onion weed? I've got a patch of the $@_)(%@&^$%^ stuff down the side of the house and I just can't seem to get rid of it. All suggestions gratefully accepted! ;-D -- Trish Brown {|:-} Newcastle, NSW, Australia Tried to sift the soil at my place. Have poured boiling water over it. Have used glysophate. Have put cardboard and a thick layer of mulch for 2 years and still it is with me. |
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Onion Weed Blues
On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 21:35:56 +1000, Trish Brown
wrote: Has anyone got any wisdom to share in the ongoing battle against onion weed? I've got a patch of the $@_)(%@&^$%^ stuff down the side of the house and I just can't seem to get rid of it. All suggestions gratefully accepted! ;-D Move house..... |
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Onion Weed Blues
"Trish Brown" wrote in message
Has anyone got any wisdom to share in the ongoing battle against onion weed? I've got a patch of the $@_)(%@&^$%^ stuff down the side of the house and I just can't seem to get rid of it. All suggestions gratefully accepted! ;-D I have a tiny book put out from hints and tips from ABC radio listeners and it says that the way to get rid of onion weed is to slice a tomato and lay the slices on top of the onion weed. I've never had onion weed so other than this seemingly improbable tip, I can't offer a thing by way of advice. |
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"Trish Brown" wrote in message ... Has anyone got any wisdom to share in the ongoing battle against onion weed? I've got a patch of the $@_)(%@&^$%^ stuff down the side of the house and I just can't seem to get rid of it. All suggestions gratefully accepted! ;-D -- Glyphosate hasn't worked for me. I know two methods that do. Lots of patience method: dig each little clump up with all the bulblets than you can get, repeat several times over a period of a year. No patience method: dig out all the soil to a depth of about 25cm get rid of it and replace it. Or then there is paving over. David |
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Onion Weed Blues
"David Hare-Scott" wrote in message ... "Trish Brown" wrote in message ... Has anyone got any wisdom to share in the ongoing battle against onion weed? I've got a patch of the $@_)(%@&^$%^ stuff down the side of the house and I just can't seem to get rid of it. All suggestions gratefully accepted! ;-D -- Glyphosate hasn't worked for me. I know two methods that do. Lots of patience method: dig each little clump up with all the bulblets than you can get, repeat several times over a period of a year. No patience method: dig out all the soil to a depth of about 25cm get rid of it and replace it. Or then there is paving over. David It'll go through paving. Now I have a question which plant are people calling onion weed? |
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Onion Weed Blues
On Oct 21, 7:48 pm, "Loosecanon" wrote:
"David Hare-Scott" wrote in message ... "Trish Brown" wrote in message .. . Has anyone got any wisdom to share in the ongoing battle against onion weed? I've got a patch of the $@_)(%@&^$%^ stuff down the side of the house and I just can't seem to get rid of it. All suggestions gratefully accepted! ;-D -- Glyphosate hasn't worked for me. I know two methods that do. Lots of patience method: dig each little clump up with all the bulblets than you can get, repeat several times over a period of a year. No patience method: dig out all the soil to a depth of about 25cm get rid of it and replace it. Or then there is paving over. David It'll go through paving. Now I have a question which plant are people calling onion weed? MY Onion Weed looks a bit like shallots above the ground, a small clump of single long leaves of light green colour. But under the ground it has small blubs often a lot of them. It has been a while since I dug mine up, but I recall that there can be maybe 12 or more bulbs clustered under the ground. I think there may be different sub- species of Onion Weed because my Onion Weed is much less green and thinner than some I have seen in other people's gardens. I have a suggestion about removing them which is not perfect but which at least reduces the labour. You need to get an off-sider. I have in the past been able to get the 22 year old daughter or the 16 year old son to help. I dig a clump of onion weed out making sure to dig right under them and get all the bulbs. The more dirt the better. Then drop the dirt into a sieve held by the assistant. They shake it around and you then grab all the bulbs and drop them into a black plastic bag. To do this it is best to wait till the bulbs are a bit bigger than the sieve holes. (My seive is an old plastic bread delivery tray which I discovered lying in the street). With my small back yard, myself and one child can get rid of all the Onion Weed in less than 1 hour. I then store the bulbs in a black plastic bag in a dark place for 6 months and then I drop it in the rubbish bin. (Clear plastic bags which let the light in are no good. They can generate roots which will eat through the plastic bag and survive quite well thank you.) If I do this every 6 months or so, they definitely do reduce. You may never get rid of them all, but you are left with hardly any. Maybe after digging them out you could then really mulch it strongly, plus put some of that Glyphosate stuff which I haven't used. Use multiple defensive strategies. Someone I used to know who had a really extreme Onion Weed phobia used to put his Onion Weed Blubs in the microwave oven for 5 minutes before throwing them out. But other than that I think that moving home might be a good idea. Does anyone know if the Onion Weed has any natural enemies (except gardeners)? Has anyone like Bill Mollison written anything about living with Onion Weed? How do they spread? How do they reproduce? Good luck. Norm |
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Onion Weed Blues
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Trish Brown wrote: Has anyone got any wisdom to share in the ongoing battle against onion weed? I've got a patch of the $@_)(%@&^$%^ stuff down the side of the house and I just can't seem to get rid of it. All suggestions gratefully accepted! ;-D Plant things that grow so tall that you don't notice the onion weed any more. -- Chookie -- Sydney, Australia (Replace "foulspambegone" with "optushome" to reply) http://chookiesbackyard.blogspot.com/ |
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Onion Weed Blues
On Wed, 22 Oct 2008 18:59:12 +1100, Chookie wrote:
Plant things that grow so tall that you don't notice the onion weed any more. sodding onion weed comes up through very thick bromeliad patches. |
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