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madcat



Joined: 24 May 2008
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Location: worcester
PostPosted: Thu May 01, 14 8:39 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

It's gone mental on the boat moorings and spread. Some came home with me and has got away in the garden . I'm planning a blitz on it . Very pretty but invasive.

lettucewoman



Joined: 26 Sep 2006
Posts: 7834
Location: Tiptoe in the Forest!!
PostPosted: Fri May 02, 14 11:08 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

ah. Always thought that was wild garlic! whoops.....

Nicky cigreen



Joined: 25 Jun 2007
Posts: 9702
Location: Devon, uk
PostPosted: Fri May 02, 14 11:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

now I have started looking for it, have noticed large areas of it by roadsides etc - we have a little dotted around here and there - but not on an invasive scale - so perhaps not the right conditions for it?


sposed to be nice made into a pesto - but I don't have enough to try it

Mithril



Joined: 22 Jul 2011
Posts: 1755
Location: wessex
PostPosted: Fri May 02, 14 12:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

So, my plan on buying some for a small / medium garden might not be wise?

Finsky



Joined: 10 Sep 2011
Posts: 847
Location: Notts.
PostPosted: Fri May 02, 14 12:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Mithril wrote:
So, my plan on buying some for a small / medium garden might not be wise?


Oh don't go and buy any! If you want some..I can dig few up and get you started ....
If you are unsure....try them in good size container/planter at first..if you get flowers, chop them off so they don't seed all over the place.
Plants themselves are not big and in that wise they would be fine in smaller space. At least when they are in container...they 'should' not spread that easily...issue would be 'only' with seeding.
They would not need any fancy compost neither..just some garden soil and they would be happy..

Mithril



Joined: 22 Jul 2011
Posts: 1755
Location: wessex
PostPosted: Fri May 02, 14 7:53 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Finsky wrote:
Mithril wrote:
So, my plan on buying some for a small / medium garden might not be wise?


Oh don't go and buy any! If you want some..I can dig few up and get you started ....
If you are unsure....try them in good size container/planter at first..if you get flowers, chop them off so they don't seed all over the place.
Plants themselves are not big and in that wise they would be fine in smaller space. At least when they are in container...they 'should' not spread that easily...issue would be 'only' with seeding.
They would not need any fancy compost neither..just some garden soil and they would be happy..


That would be super, thank you.

NorthernMonkeyGirl



Joined: 10 Apr 2011
Posts: 4584
Location: Peeping over your shoulder
PostPosted: Fri May 02, 14 8:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

How do you think they'd like a bright indoor windowsill?

Finsky



Joined: 10 Sep 2011
Posts: 847
Location: Notts.
PostPosted: Fri May 02, 14 10:16 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

NorthernMonkeyGirl wrote:
How do you think they'd like a bright indoor windowsill?


No idea..worth of trying...there is many outdoor bulbs that are grown indoors. You might need to move them to 'rest' outdoors when they are dormant and bring them in again just as they start coming through again. So that they do experience the seasonal changes that tricker its growth cycle.

Finsky



Joined: 10 Sep 2011
Posts: 847
Location: Notts.
PostPosted: Fri May 02, 14 10:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Mithril wrote:
Finsky wrote:
Mithril wrote:
So, my plan on buying some for a small / medium garden might not be wise?


Oh don't go and buy any! If you want some..I can dig few up and get you started ....
If you are unsure....try them in good size container/planter at first..if you get flowers, chop them off so they don't seed all over the place.
Plants themselves are not big and in that wise they would be fine in smaller space. At least when they are in container...they 'should' not spread that easily...issue would be 'only' with seeding.
They would not need any fancy compost neither..just some garden soil and they would be happy..


That would be super, thank you.

I think I still have your address from last time...I get them in post after weekend

Mithril



Joined: 22 Jul 2011
Posts: 1755
Location: wessex
PostPosted: Fri May 02, 14 11:18 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Brilliant, thank you!

Finsky



Joined: 10 Sep 2011
Posts: 847
Location: Notts.
PostPosted: Tue May 06, 14 11:21 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Little bit 'whiffy' parcel is on its way...

Mithril



Joined: 22 Jul 2011
Posts: 1755
Location: wessex
PostPosted: Tue May 06, 14 12:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Thank you

evie2



Joined: 29 May 2010
Posts: 2156
Location: Here
PostPosted: Wed May 07, 14 1:41 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

We've got it in the garden, not much, didn't know what it was. OH strimmed it the other week, his idea of gardening but flowers have popped up and I've told him it's edible so he wont strim them again.

Mithril



Joined: 22 Jul 2011
Posts: 1755
Location: wessex
PostPosted: Wed May 07, 14 3:22 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Finsky - they have arrived. Thank you

madcat



Joined: 24 May 2008
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Location: worcester
PostPosted: Wed May 07, 14 8:52 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
    

Now the fun starts. I'm trying to do for the stuff here , it hitch hiked from the boat moorings on the roots of something else and is spreading .

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