tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11094706.post8945130746892969414..comments2023-10-12T00:02:23.547+11:00Comments on d & j: FIGHTING WEED INVASION BY EATING ALLIUM TRIQUETRUMdanjonathantravelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02153605161872419993noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11094706.post-60781826075302308502020-09-14T23:03:14.840+10:002020-09-14T23:03:14.840+10:00I too grow this on purpose, but please, if you'...I too grow this on purpose, but please, if you're going to do that, cut all the flowers off each year before they turn into seeds (which they'll do over the course of a couple of weeks, so be vigilant). They won't spread outside of their allocated area if you do this, but if you let them seed - at all - they can certainly be weedy (they don't just seed near the plant; ants carry Bethanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15331739873845083599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11094706.post-14437241058667925292017-03-01T01:54:53.533+11:002017-03-01T01:54:53.533+11:00Except for the part where it chokes out natives an...Except for the part where it chokes out natives and is a weed -which okay depends on definition a plant where you don't want it I 'spose. <br /><br />Please don't let them wreck native bushland. But yes, otherwise (big otherwise) it is pretty cool.StevoRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02506855815096149912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11094706.post-48015809541819130162017-03-01T01:48:05.105+11:002017-03-01T01:48:05.105+11:00Yes this is.
Thankyou & shared.Yes this is. <br /><br />Thankyou & shared.StevoRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02506855815096149912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11094706.post-22385841233875304862015-08-08T07:59:22.289+10:002015-08-08T07:59:22.289+10:00I actually grow this plant on purpose and I have n...I actually grow this plant on purpose and I have never had a problem with it. Love the flowers and use them as I would any other flower. And as you have stated you can eat them. Great little plant.<br />Calum Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877111128404802732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11094706.post-20396830994425521432015-08-08T07:58:49.835+10:002015-08-08T07:58:49.835+10:00I actually grow this plant on purpose and I have n...I actually grow this plant on purpose and I have never had a problem with it. Love the flowers and use them as I would any other flower. And as you have stated you can eat them. Great little plant.<br />Calum Hallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16877111128404802732noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11094706.post-6026183075830118132014-04-27T07:14:09.683+10:002014-04-27T07:14:09.683+10:00iv got this all over my garden, each year i try pu...iv got this all over my garden, each year i try pulling it up but it keeps coming back, never thought you could eat it. dont think i want to, just want to get rid of it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11094706.post-32748933345131972892013-10-07T20:50:58.400+11:002013-10-07T20:50:58.400+11:00Great to have found your blog post on this. I ate ...Great to have found your blog post on this. I ate it at a weeds workshop yesterday at CERES in Brunswick, but since I'm a super-careful type, I'm doing some further research. Thanks for sharing your methods.parlancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11175843064324380048noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11094706.post-43758581315769294132013-09-23T21:26:50.704+10:002013-09-23T21:26:50.704+10:00weird? how is this any weirder than eating chives?...weird? how is this any weirder than eating chives? Eat away, I will go gathering in a few days. If it smells like onion, its onion weed, pretty distinct. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11094706.post-86876562333694746032013-05-09T00:05:32.085+10:002013-05-09T00:05:32.085+10:00My garden is 'infested' with this plant, I...My garden is 'infested' with this plant, I have just thought that maybe I could eat it - fantastic, but I don't think I will be able to make too much of an overall impression on it, at least I will have some satisfaction out of eating it. I wonder if it could be marketed? Ba. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11094706.post-9048848162940061962013-05-04T02:14:05.593+10:002013-05-04T02:14:05.593+10:00It grows all over Tresco, where we are at the mome...It grows all over Tresco, where we are at the moment. It may be a problem in Oz, but I could do with some invasive ground cover in my garden. All parts are edible, including the flowers. Plant is often mistaken for white bluebell.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11094706.post-44044603865760195302013-04-22T00:29:58.462+10:002013-04-22T00:29:58.462+10:00Awesome! My garden in the UK is infested with this...Awesome! My garden in the UK is infested with this stuff. <br />Eating it is the last thing it will expect :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11094706.post-61377174344039883372010-10-19T08:17:07.648+11:002010-10-19T08:17:07.648+11:00steph - i've been having such issues getting c...steph - i've been having such issues getting chives to grow on the balcony (little bugs smother them) so i'm pretty chuffed that i have found a free alternative! it's funny to think they're a foodsource growing all over the place (in melbs, anyway).<br /><br />s-j - sometime in the next year you and i need to go and pick nettles!<br /><br />jenny - according to my sources (the nixwilliamshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01440110398186134460noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11094706.post-14070177230076949492010-10-18T23:52:28.232+11:002010-10-18T23:52:28.232+11:00That knocks my English hedgerow fruit into a cocke...That knocks my English hedgerow fruit into a cocked hat, fantastic stuff!Jennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08027942517258679266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11094706.post-11083693887860375532010-10-18T23:06:44.811+11:002010-10-18T23:06:44.811+11:00i can't believe you're eating these! it...i can't believe you're eating these! it's so cool but weird!stephhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09751546842854214664noreply@blogger.com