What did you do in the garden today?

[pennyJo1960]

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Yes. I've never tried to crush them in a garlic press, but they would fit.

Mine are just the same size keep them in pots.

 

[dirkandlorie]

Sliced extra onions that i harvested from the garden earlier in the year and got the in the dehydrator this morning. My goodness the house is pungent right now, it was a good day to work outside while they're drying, lol

 

[Smokerbill]

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Yes. I've never tried to crush them in a garlic press, but they would fit.

Mine are just the same size keep them in pots.

Thanks for the pic. They look a lot like regular green onions, just a little bigger. I think my grandparents called them spring onions. They're probably too fibrous to work in a garlic press.

I'm going to mow the lawn for the last time today.

 

[jxp]

What made me decide to do the garlic soak/fertilization treatment last year was finding some tiny bugs on my garlic cloves, under the "wrapper" layer. They were teeny-tiny, black, about a millimeter long, half as wide. Some cloves had one or two, some had several. I'm not sure what they are, so if anyone knows, please speak up.

Anyway, I wanted to kill those, and not plant them with the garlic. The fertilization soak just sounded like a good thing, to help get the roots started growing before the ground froze. I don't think it made a difference in the yield, but my Music garlic has always done very well for me.

I'm hoping that it helps the multiplier onions grow bigger. I'm taking the same tack with those as with the garlic: eat the smaller bulbs, and plant the biggest ones. These seem to keep well, but they aren't very big bulbs. They rarely blossom, so I've read. Last year, a few plants did. This past summer, nearly every plant did, and I cut the flowers off, hoping for larger bulbs. Eh... I didn't really notice much increase in size. I will definitely cut any blossoms off again, and I am going to do more in the way of feeding next summer. Sounds like a good use for chicken poop compost to me!

But aliums are such interesting and pretty flowerheads. Hard decision

 

[Smokerbill]

But aliums are such interesting and pretty flowerheads. Hard decision

They look and taste good in salads.