Monday 12 May 2014

Alliums to Attention

Woopee: I've weeded the alliums and they're looking pretty good at this stage: 


From another angle you can see garlic in the foreground and onions at the back.  All planted last October.
Also along the right I've weeded out a row of parsnip.  Direct sown in February. (I've sworn never to transplant parsnip ever again after last year's debacle)


One reason for growing a lot of garlic (aside from eating a lot) is to have enough over to make a garlic spray to deter slugs.  Martyn is already running tests: here

Footnote: Blogger doesn't like the word alliums which comes up as a spelling error every time.  Urghk!

6 comments:

  1. Isn't it ironic that you have to grow one crop to protect another crop?!

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    1. Irony - that's a valuable trace element for gardeners!

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  2. All our alliums are much better than last year

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  3. Still waiting for our parsnips to germinate. Might have to re sow.

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    1. Same with the turnip rooted chervil for me - but I have no seed in reserve. I'll sow more parsnips instead. The scorzonera and burdock have germinated though.

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