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Not Garlic
18 March 2023 12:51 amIt turns out my resurrected garlic... is not garlic! No wonder the ends of the leaves didn't taste of garlic when I trimmed them...
Presumably this is the outcome of the tiny mystery bulb that I found clinging to a second-hand flower-pot the year before last, and which produced some weedy foliage and then appeared to die off altogether -- it was about the size of those little bulbils when I got it.
I suspect this may be grape hyacinth, which is apparently pretty invasive. https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/bulbs/grape-hyacinth/grape-hyacinth-control.htm
At any rate, having carefully split the bulbs, I now have rather a lot of it! And since the narcissi are doing much better than expected, I shall have an embarrassment of bulbs.
The bonsai silver birch that I really thought had died back is now suddenly splitting open its apparently withered buds to show healthy green underneath, even if the ends of some of those branches have definitely gone...
NB the linseed is germinating happily. The superannuated mustard and cress (supposedly 'ready to eat within seven days') is actually producing a few weedy seedlings, perhaps in response to the warming weather; a very low germination rate, but not complete failure. (Sadly I can't get replacement seed off that and shall actually have to buy some more!)
( Chillies )
Presumably this is the outcome of the tiny mystery bulb that I found clinging to a second-hand flower-pot the year before last, and which produced some weedy foliage and then appeared to die off altogether -- it was about the size of those little bulbils when I got it.
I suspect this may be grape hyacinth, which is apparently pretty invasive. https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/ornamental/bulbs/grape-hyacinth/grape-hyacinth-control.htm
At any rate, having carefully split the bulbs, I now have rather a lot of it! And since the narcissi are doing much better than expected, I shall have an embarrassment of bulbs.
The bonsai silver birch that I really thought had died back is now suddenly splitting open its apparently withered buds to show healthy green underneath, even if the ends of some of those branches have definitely gone...
NB the linseed is germinating happily. The superannuated mustard and cress (supposedly 'ready to eat within seven days') is actually producing a few weedy seedlings, perhaps in response to the warming weather; a very low germination rate, but not complete failure. (Sadly I can't get replacement seed off that and shall actually have to buy some more!)
( Chillies )