From: T@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 7/21/19 4:58 PM, songbird wrote:   
   > Drew Lawson wrote:   
   > ...   
   >> 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.   
   >   
   >    it is definitely not onion.  hardneck garlic.  very hot, very   
   > good.   
   >   
   >    the patch out back i've been gradually removing my mistaken   
   > scattering of bulbules eons ago is now being mowed this season   
   > because i had no time to get back to it and Mom was sick of   
   > looking at it.  i'm pretty sure the garlic under there will   
   > come back next spring and for years after as bulbs can store   
   > a lot of energy.  they will keep downsizing until given a   
   > chance to recover.  the smaller bulbs will not survive - yet   
   > in the end we shall see what happens.  i really want to plant   
   > that area next season.   
   >   
   >   
   >> 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).   
   >   
   >    yeah, mulch will help make it easier to remove it as the   
   > roots will grow in the mulch much easier than in poor subsoil,   
   > but the thistle here which is a real PITA has no trouble   
   > going down 2-3ft in the clay.  i keep digging it out when it   
   > surfaces and then i track any bits of root back down as   
   > far as i can.  eventually it gives up and runs out of energy   
   > but that is a challenge.  cardboard layers work as mulch.   
   > persistent weeding after elimination is required here to   
   > keep it from coming back.   
   >   
   >   
   >> 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?   
   >   
   >    if you like to eat raw garlic like a slice of an apple   
   > then hot is good.  :)  if you like it for cooking and tend   
   > to fry it in oil and then discard the garlic because that   
   > is enough garlic flavor for you then hot is not what you   
   > are after.  it depends upon what you like and what you   
   > might use it for.   
   >   
   >   
   >    songbird   
   >   
      
   I love the hot stuff!   
      
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