Re: eradicating onion weed
- Subject: Re: eradicating onion weed
- From: R* D* <s*@earthlink.net>
- Date: Tue, 07 Aug 2007 11:36:13 -0400
At 02:14 AM 8/7/2007, John C. Macgregor wrote:
If only one flower head is allowed to mature, hundreds of
seed will be scattered, and seedlings can sprout for several years
from the long-lived seeds.
In the Nicholson garden I have been able to eradicate it entirely
with this strategy, but next door it has been allowed to spread
unchecked, so there is a constant danger of reinfection.
This is exactly true in North Carolina as well, but I have to keep an
eye out here for bulbils rather than seeds on Allium vineale (wild
garlic). The method I previously described will fairly rapidly
remove most of its biomass and let you catch a breathing spell, but
wont eradicate it.
Richard F. Dufresne
2119 US 220 Alternate South
Candor, North Carolina 27229 USA
910-974-4009
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