I have some Garlic that has been in the ground since early fall, and it's growing like crazy. Do I need to do anything or just let it go? Also, I have Sweet onions, WallaWallas, & Candy onions all doing well, I planted them about 1" deep as I have read to do if you want big bulbs. Now- I think I have read that at some point the soil should be pulled down around the bulb. Here I'm lost- any help will be great. Thanks- Jo
PS- I also could use info on how to keep earwigs from getting in my corn. In the south I had never seen them- here they are everywhere! Nasty little critters!
I need advice on Onions & Garlic, please
In this area, the garlic stays in ground year around. I also leave my multiplying onions and walking onions in beds full time so no help there.
If I am not mistaken, aren't earwigs the critter that is commonly treated with a drop or two of mineral oil on the husks of each ear when they first form, preventing invasions?
I have tried that thing with the mineral oil so many times and it has never worked for me. I don't know about anyone else. I am not growing any corn this year just because of those nasty critters making my corn look like vomit.
Some folks swear by it... others swear at it... lol
Joparrot. When your garlic leaves begin turning brown say a third from the top pull or dig it up and shake the dirt off the roots. Place in a cool shed on wire racks to dry, I put mine in my gh and put it on wire shelves and turn a fan on it for a couple of weeks.. After that tie in bunches and hang untill you want to use it.
I'm battling earwigs over here too. I've put vegetable oil laced with a little bacon grease in little cat food cans and set them out around the plants. Every morning there are a bunch of earwigs in there. Also, you can take newspaper, roll it up and wet it, put it out in the garden and they will go inside because they love those conditions. Dump the earwigs out into a bowl of soapy water to finish them off. I leave them in there for a day because I read somewhere that they can survive in water for many hours.
I'm just leaving the cans with dead earwigs in them until they seem to have too many in there and then dump them out into soapy water.
They were chewing my beans, caught them out there climbing all over and having a feast around ten at night. I used to leave them alone because I kept reading that they were beneficials. Maybe they are in small numbers, but when there are too many they'll definitely have a ball with the plants. They can do a lot of damage in a short time.
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