- Both are perennial winter weeds.
- Both have distinctive onion odor when crushed.
Wlid Garlic
- Has hollow cylindrical leaves.
- Leaves occur on the flowering stem up to half the height of the plant.
- Develops from a basal bulb; bulb covered by thin, whitish papery membrane.
- At maturity, underground bulb bears small white bulblets that are flattened on one side and enclosed by a membrane.
- Flowers are greenish-white, small, on short stems above aerial bulbils.
- Reproduces by seed, aerial bulbils, and underground bulblets.
Wild Onion
- Can be distinguished from wild garlic by the presence of a fibrous coat on the central bulb.
- Leaves are flat, solid, and arise mostly at the base of the soild flowering stem.
- No offset bulblets.
- Reproduces by seed and aerial bulbils.
Control Methods
- Hand Removal or Hoeing
- Regular Mowing
- Herbicides:
- 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.
Always Read the Label
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Wild Garlic has small white
bulblets off basal bulb.
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