Posted by harry411 on March 4, 2004, 5:08 pm
Greetings all my question is my garlic
plants are covered with 6" of straw
they are starting to pop out of the straw
should I remove the straw or leave it for
weed control. thanks
Harry
zone 6 new york
18 days till spring
Posted by Steve on March 4, 2004, 7:38 pm
Leave it. Removing it now will either damage the garlic plants or at
least make them floppy. If they are making it through the straw OK,
it should work out well leaving it as mulch.
Steve
harry411 wrote:
> Greetings all my question is my garlic
> plants are covered with 6" of straw
> they are starting to pop out of the straw
> should I remove the straw or leave it for
> weed control. thanks
>
> Harry
>
> zone 6 new york
> 18 days till spring
Posted by Loki on March 4, 2004, 8:19 pm
il 4 Mar 2004 14:08:50 -0800, hhorton@att.com (harry411) ha scritto:
> Greetings all my question is my garlic
> plants are covered with 6" of straw
> they are starting to pop out of the straw
> should I remove the straw or leave it for
> weed control. thanks
>
> Harry
>
> zone 6 new york
> 18 days till spring
I'd say keep it for mulch. One wonders how much energy went into that
extra growth before seeing light. But now they're there, may as well
leave it.
--
Cheers,
Loki [ Brevity is the soul of wit. W.Shakespeare ]
Posted by Steve Calvin on March 4, 2004, 9:12 pm
Loki wrote:
> il 4 Mar 2004 14:08:50 -0800, hhorton@att.com (harry411) ha scritto:
>
>
>>Greetings all my question is my garlic
>>plants are covered with 6" of straw
>>they are starting to pop out of the straw
>>should I remove the straw or leave it for
>>weed control. thanks
>>
>>Harry
>>
>>zone 6 new york
>>18 days till spring
>
>
> I'd say keep it for mulch. One wonders how much energy went into that
> extra growth before seeing light. But now they're there, may as well
> leave it.
Never used it and never had a problem in New York, zone 5. If it's
there though maybe I'd leave it, less work that way! ;-)
--
Steve
Men are from Earth. Women are from Earth. Deal with it.
Posted by Steve on March 4, 2004, 11:14 pm
Well, I guess we're all agreed on that one. :-)
Steve Calvin wrote:
> Loki wrote:
>
>> il 4 Mar 2004 14:08:50 -0800, hhorton@att.com (harry411) ha scritto:
>>
>>
>>> Greetings all my question is my garlic
>>> plants are covered with 6" of straw they are starting to pop out of
>>> the straw should I remove the straw or leave it for weed control.
>>> thanks
>>> Harry
>>> zone 6 new york 18 days till spring
>>
>>
>>
>> I'd say keep it for mulch. One wonders how much energy went into that
>> extra growth before seeing light. But now they're there, may as well
>> leave it.
>
>
> Never used it and never had a problem in New York, zone 5. If it's there
> though maybe I'd leave it, less work that way! ;-)
>
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> plants are covered with 6" of straw
> they are starting to pop out of the straw
> should I remove the straw or leave it for
> weed control. thanks
>
> Harry
>
> zone 6 new york
> 18 days till spring