From: T@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 7/21/19 5:01 PM, songbird wrote:   
   > T wrote:   
   >> songbird wrote:   
   >>>     are they a hardneck garlic?   
   >>   
   >> They scape.   
   >>   
   >> If they go wild, they will have to hae adapted to   
   >> boring through concrete, as my soil around the   
   >> trough is so hard it throws sparks when you   
   >> try to shovel it.   
   >>   
   >> I had to hack out the trough with an ax.   
   >>   
   >> I am, pretty sure they will stay in the trough.   
   >> And the lack of water will kill anything that   
   >> decides to make a run for it!   
   >>   
   >> :-)   
   >   
   >    how deep is it?   
   >   
   >    for sure you don't want water pooling there at   
   > any point, you don't care if it gets soggy and then   
   > drains, but you don't want standing water.   
   >   
   >    what is the trench full of?  is it mounded above   
   > grade?   
   >   
   >   
   >    songbird   
   >   
      
   It is about four foot long and 14 inches wide.  It   
   is about 12 to 14" deep and back filled with peat moss   
   and original dirt, plug chicken poop based fertilizer.   
      
   The trough itself does drain, but takes hours.   I water   
   every other day.   
      
   The trench is slightly below ground level so I can water   
   and not have it run all over the place.   
      
   I have five shallots growing like crazy in it right now.   
   This is their second feral year.   
      
   Oh and the green onion (scallions) nubs have starting   
   growing.  Go figure.   
      
   The garlic marbles are still dormant.   
      
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