tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post5135941826133571812..comments2024-03-25T13:56:15.075+00:00Comments on Our Plot at Green Lane Allotments: Weeding Part Two - Alliums.Sue Garretthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-91751091778130171672013-06-30T07:35:57.420+00:002013-06-30T07:35:57.420+00:00Two of your comments went into spam, Tanya but tha...Two of your comments went into spam, Tanya but that was because I have my commenting set to five days - after that I moderate so sorry about that.<br /><br />The weeding or lack of it is really incidental as I describe the progress of various things but I am amazed at how little weeding I have had to do and the difference it makes. I've been weeding areas that usually were just left until last or never done at all.Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-83845333428531455192013-06-29T17:14:33.672+00:002013-06-29T17:14:33.672+00:00I have never had 'scapes' on my garlic...m...I have never had 'scapes' on my garlic...maybe I don't grow a hard-neck kind?!?! <br /><br />You really don't have that much weeding to do and yet you are covering so many posts with it...with this in mind I think I could probably write weed posts for a month..lolTanya.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08436595615435609755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-23969944201903519272013-06-27T07:12:53.180+00:002013-06-27T07:12:53.180+00:00That is such a shame, Dewberry - I hope something ...That is such a shame, Dewberry - I hope something survives for you.Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-43997067103935904492013-06-26T18:57:17.603+00:002013-06-26T18:57:17.603+00:00My onions unfortunately drowned :( Literally. All ...My onions unfortunately drowned :( Literally. All last month was raining and my garden was full of water. I have so many losses in my vegetable garden because of the weather this year. Dewberry / Amanitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15414491661460075503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-7743841464433940942013-06-25T19:09:44.122+00:002013-06-25T19:09:44.122+00:00Thank you Linda :)Thank you Linda :)Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-67313072311672092412013-06-25T19:09:26.965+00:002013-06-25T19:09:26.965+00:00Bear in mind though, Snowbird we only have about t...Bear in mind though, Snowbird we only have about ten autumn onions altogether - the photo is of the best!Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-60543988412919738132013-06-25T18:48:25.562+00:002013-06-25T18:48:25.562+00:00Awesome Post Sue Awesome Post Sue LINDA'Shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18322944728491268995noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-27876540897877465962013-06-25T18:27:40.429+00:002013-06-25T18:27:40.429+00:00Your onions are doing better than mine, even the a...Your onions are doing better than mine, even the autumn ones. Mine always tend to be quite small. I don't think they like our sandy soil and whatever we do to the soil, it reverts to sandy in a week. xxxxSnowbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08572555410663928295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-31353954349017509452013-06-25T17:50:26.162+00:002013-06-25T17:50:26.162+00:00We usually have this problem, Jo which is why we d...We usually have this problem, Jo which is why we decided to use the fabric. I always used to accidentally uproot onions along with the weedsSue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-83410276609943929692013-06-25T17:31:01.770+00:002013-06-25T17:31:01.770+00:00Like Jo my onion bed needs a good weed, I think i ...Like Jo my onion bed needs a good weed, I think i have done away with some of my garlic to keep it under control. It looks like I will have oodles of shallots though. Jo@awholeplotoflovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03525039817338877634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-45133657180491655912013-06-25T15:27:59.126+00:002013-06-25T15:27:59.126+00:00At the moment they are definitely better than last...At the moment they are definitely better than last year, Jo which was a failure really. I noticed even onions bought in had often stored badly and some of the rings were soft and brown.Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-55147795114706693722013-06-25T15:25:53.862+00:002013-06-25T15:25:53.862+00:00Forgot to answer your first question - alliums are...Forgot to answer your first question - alliums are indeed temperamental - they seem to respond differently every year.Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-47921692942713374442013-06-25T15:24:56.155+00:002013-06-25T15:24:56.155+00:00I don't know, Mark but my guess would be that ...I don't know, Mark but my guess would be that I would end up with even tinier onions as the leaves develop the onion's rings. WE have lots of chives as it is.Sue Garretthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08164518448098182276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-70835854792942955252013-06-25T13:10:42.407+00:002013-06-25T13:10:42.407+00:00My onion bed is in desperate need of weeding, a jo...My onion bed is in desperate need of weeding, a job at the top of my to do list. So far, my onions look to be doing much better than they did last year, though the yellow ones look to be doing better than the red ones, I think you're right that red ones are more tricky to grow.Johttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17436932004631816039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-33294007.post-32562708164558538122013-06-25T12:59:44.888+00:002013-06-25T12:59:44.888+00:00I think it would be fair to say that the Allium fa...I think it would be fair to say that the Allium family is the most temperamental of the vegetables, don't you think?<br />Re those ones (last photo) planted really close together: if you cut the leaves like Chives, do you think they would grow back again?Mark Willishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04558305122821209520noreply@blogger.com