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Wed, Jun 5, 13 at 22:04
| We have wild garlic all over our property. Piles of it. Last year I thought it was a weed (which it kind of is) and basically pulled all that I could. This year I wanted to see what it did so I've left it alone. They are currently two feet tall with fairly large bubbles on top. I know that "bubbles" sounds weird, but that's what they look like. No idea if the bubbles will turn into flowers or not. I've researched a little and it appears that some wild garlic flowers similar to an allium. Others don't. My concern is that maybe the bubbles are seed pods. The last thing I need is more wild garlic seeds. How can I tell? Help? |
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- Posted by lisanti07028 z6NJ (My Page) on Wed, Jun 5, 13 at 22:11
| Yes, the seeds will pop out and give you lots of onion grass babies. The good thing is that once they get that big, they're really easy to pull up. |
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| Yes, you want to pull them up now, and if you put them in the compost, those little bulblets on top will all grow, so either dispose of the whole plant in the trash, or cut of the tops and bottoms and get rid of those, while composting the middles. |
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| Good advice above. Pull and dispose of quickly. Those "bubbles" are called scapes, and they contain the seeds. The roots will also multiply. That is why garlic is sold in "cloves" or groups of pieces of garlic. If you separate those groups and plant them, they'll turn into a whole clove with a stem and scape at the top. Martha |
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| Why not let it grow? It's a native plant and it is also edible. We can't wait for early spring when the first green appears. Also, if it is all over the place, what are you going to replace it with? |
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- Posted by purpleinopp 8b AL (My Page) on Thu, Jun 6, 13 at 17:46
| Absolutely, Nina. Not sure which you have, pretty sure ours is A. canadense. It can't grow as fast as we can eat it. Inside the scapes can be flower buds or bulbils (baby bulbs.) Any part that isn't too tough, (like the stalks holding up the blooms and bulbils,) is excellent for eating, including the bulbils, leaves, in-ground bulb parts. |
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