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Both are perennial winter weeds.
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Both have distinctive onion odor when crushed.
Wlid Garlic
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Has hollow cylindrical leaves.
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Leaves occur on the flowering stem up to half the height of the plant.
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Develops from a basal bulb; bulb covered by thin, whitish papery membrane.
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At maturity, underground bulb bears small white bulblets that are flattened
on one side and enclosed by a membrane.
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Flowers are greenish-white, small, on short stems above aerial bulbils.
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Reproduces by seed, aerial bulbils, and underground bulblets.
Wild Onion
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Can be distinguished from wild garlic by the presence of a fibrous coat
on the central bulb.
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Leaves are flat, solid, and arise mostly at the base of the soild flowering
stem.
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No offset bulblets.
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Reproduces by seed and aerial bulbils.
Control Methods
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Hand Removal or Hoeing
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Regular Mowing
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Herbicides:
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Postemergence - Any combination product containing 2,4-D*.
(Make 2
applications per year; Nov.-Dec. and Jan.-Feb.; multiple years).
* Use
lower rates on centipede and St. Augustine grass.
Do
not use within the root zone of desirable plants.
** Do not use on St. Augustine
grass.
Calibration
is critical to avoid over application and turf injury.
Do not use within the root zone of desirable trees and shrubs.
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Wild Garlic has small white
bulblets off basal bulb.
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