Wednesday, July 04, 2007

Garden Quiz #3

Onions on steroids? or a farmer who was too lazy to pull these at the right time?

(too easy...)

4 comments:

jAndy donka-donk said...

do we call those leaks now?

Marco Fanelli said...

Andy- Well, we *could* call them leaks, or even leeks... but in reality they're just gnarly old stinky onions! Hope you're health is coming back around for those late-season NoCal classics...

Gianni said...

I'm trying your garlic idea again, speaking of root veggies.

Hopefully second times' a charm.

Marco Fanelli said...

Gianni--Hmmmm. Plant them an inch or two deep? Completely soak the ground afterward? If so, you should have seen the first green shoots coming up within a month (or two at the latest) but you still have to wait six months or so for a full many-cloved bulb to form. Garlic is pretty tough--that's why you see a lot of it growing in the southern Central Valley along the I-5 corridor. If you still have no luck on the 2nd try, ammend the soil with some organic stuff, then plant them in the fall. They'll survive the winter and being growing in the spring.