How to get rid of wild onions/garlic without damaging lawn, organically

[@juliaray4335]

brilliant suggestion pulling from the bulbs downwards..it makes good sense then you are bound to get it all..thank you...for this useful video!

[@growitbuildit]

You are very welcome! I'm glad you found it helpful.

[@zenrockgardens]

I have these everywhere this year! Thank you for this video!

[@growitbuildit]

You are very welcome Zenroc. Good luck!

[@HaphazardHomestead]

I eat them regularly. They are a mild onion/garlic. I cut the tops and freeze them and dehydrate them, too. And then use the bulbs from fall through spring. There can be individual plants, too, instead of clumps. Then they are more like the garlic that they really are (Allium vineale). I use the flower stalks, the flower heads when they make little bulblets, and then the bulbs when they dry down, too. It's real food.

[@mollypitcher9380]

This is an intelligent way of making lemonade out of lemons.

[@danielfiore8865]

Where do they grow wild? What part of the US?

[@growitbuildit]

All over the eastern usa

[@cherstocks2559]

Thank you. I have watched a few videos on getting rid of these onions. You have the only video that you know what you're talking about. They are getting way out of hand from trying other suggestions. This makes sense to me. Thanks again.

[@growitbuildit]

Thank you - I'm very happy to hear you found mine the best. Good luck reducing their numbers in your yard.

[@pixelated23-b9z]

THANK YOU THANK YOU. I recently bought a house and these are EVERYWHERE

[@growitbuildit]

Sorry to hear that - but I can tell you that as long as you get the entire clump, they will not come back.

[@rayalliston7702]

Great video. I had a bad problem with onion weed. Your dig out method is the best method until I decided to use a medium strength solution of hydrchloric acid and water. Wow it worked a treat, destroying the whole plant without digging. They have never come back. As long as the weed is not too close to the plants root system, there shouldn't be a problem. Best for garden beds, not for lawns.

[@growitbuildit]

Wow - that is cool to hear.

[@thomasemerson7920]

Going to try this today! In the past I have dug around and under the onion grass to get at the bulb, but what I haven't seen before was your technique of grabbing all of the bulbs together and pulling them and the onion grass stalks back through the sod, and then putting the clump of sod, without the onion grass, back in the ground. Seems much more efficient than getting rid of one bulb at a time, and also keeps the lawn in tact, without a mess of sod and grass laying around. Thanks for posting.

[@growitbuildit]

Good luck today! It does help if the ground is somewhat wet, but either way, it is the easiest way I've found to do it.

[@Cheddarswiss21]

glad to know these are edible, i have a few small patches of this in my backyard. will try it out on food.

[@growitbuildit]

There are so many around where I live. It's incredible.

[@InternetArbiter]

i used to pick these in a bucket of water with my friends and we would sit there eating them. seems like a good "problem" to have

[@sally4001]

Thank you for this great tip. I battle onion grass in my flower beds constantly from my neighbor's bird seed. I've used boiling water with good results, but this spring, it's grown up right through my Dianthus, which is tightly compacted like grass. I didn't know how to remove it without killing my plants. And for those who say to eat them - they're not like edible onions, they don't form heads and have an unpleasant odor. Thanks again for the video!

[@growitbuildit]

Excellent - I'm very glad I could help you out Sally. Good luck!

[@mollypitcher9380]

Sorry, I don’t think it comes from the neighbors’ bird seed. It’s just a VERY stubborn prolific lousy stinking (literally) weed.

[@blackwolf073]

My house has hay fields on 3 sides. They are no longer harvested. The hay and weeds are taking over my lawn. I have a pretty big yard. I am considering plants all along the parimeter that grow such as chives and comfry. It feels like for me spreading chives would be better than my current situation. Great video as always.👍👍

[@growitbuildit]

Thank you! Chives would be a nice thing to have wild. If you want something that can be mowed but survive, Self-Heal is a good option too. Or wild strawberry.

[@blackwolf073]

@@growitbuildit you're welcome. Thanks for the helpful tips Joe. Appreciate the detailed work and info you provide. One of my fav channels. Have a succsessful growing season.

[@growitbuildit]

@@blackwolf073 Thank you man & same to you

[@shelliaventura2428]

I just bought a house in the country and the gardens are loaded with them!!!! I didn't realize what it was at first. I cleaned the gardens out 5 times!!! (Due to being overgrown and not cared for) I put plastic down and then mulch; the gardens looked so pretty and then these nasty things grew right through everything! I am so disappointed that I have to spend my Spring (and probably summer too) pulling back the mulch and plastic to clean out this junk. I have hundreds of patches. Thank you for your wonderful tutorial, I will use your method to get rid of them.

[@growitbuildit]

I'm sorry to hear you have so many of them! But it works. I have very few anymore, and they haven't come back. I spent about 30 minutes a night working on it for a week or two, and cleared out so many. Good luck Shellia!

[@shelliaventura2428]

@@growitbuildit thank you. I will be cleaning it out (again) when the weather breaks and I'm sure that I will be spending a lot of time out there. LOL Do you know if it's something that was planted before or is it a wild thing that just grows??? When we bought this house there were about 25 gardens that were overgrown (we have 7 acres) and the gardens in front of the house were so overgrown; the previous owner said that one day she just opened the front door and threw out seeds (yikes, I think they liked to smoke funny stuff LOL) and the gardens were so overgrown that the weeds and plants were almost as tall as the balcony. We have sidewalks out there that we didn't know we had until I started ripping out stuff. I worked all spring and summer last year on the gardens and still haven't finished with them but what is most disappointing is that wild garlic coming up. Thank you again for your video and I will be using your method this year to try and get rid of that stuff.

[@growitbuildit]

In my experience, it is a wild thing. It is everywhere in Pennsylvania. If you let them go long enough, you will see a red ball form at the top of a stalk. That red ball is a capsule that contains a lot of seeds. I used to come across it hiking the Appalachian trail in early Spring. As you know, it is one of the only thing that actively grows in cooler temperatures, so it is very noticeable.

[@shelliaventura2428]

@@growitbuildit Ohhhhh so that is what that was (the stalk with the red ball). I yanked them out; didn't know what they were. I had so many different things in the garden, it was just too overwhelming. Thank you for taking the time to help me. I will let you know how it goes with weeding the wild garlic!

[@growitbuildit]

Sounds good Shellia. Good luck!

[@margaretmoore9133]

Enjoyed your video. I just came in from digging onion grass from my garden where it spreads terribly. Several years back I dug up the whole area and sifted the soil for corms. The next year there was more onion grass in the garden than ever! Considering it comes back year after year, I wonder if I'm doing something wrong. Do you have to dispose of the little hairy roots as well as the corms? I often shake a little soil off before throwing out the corms. Thanks!

[@growitbuildit]

Hi Margaret - I basically never have them come back. I only dispose of the corms. I'm wondering if you had a large seed bank, and perhaps doing the whole garden brought the seed up to the surface. But what I do is what is shown in the video - nothing more. It has worked for me for years.

[@hoatruong1662]

You might parboil them pickles the bulbs. Test good

[@growitbuildit]

That's a good suggestion. Thank you!

[@a.ced.2052]

Damn, that's how I do it... I was hoping for an easier solution 😥

[@growitbuildit]

Sorry man. But hey - great minds think alike! This plant really evolved to survive getting pulled or sprayed.

[@devastatn]

Great video, thanks. I tried driving a dowl down the center of the plant about 6 inches deep and then squirting roundup down the hole. Two weeks later, nothin. Guess I'll start diggin. Lol

[@growitbuildit]

Diggin works. I spent about 30 min a night for a week or two and got almost all of them a couple years ago. I barely have any wild onions left. But - if you are totally overrun, there is a chemical that will kill them. Go about 2/3 the way down the article to where it talks about it. There is a link to Amazon with the chemical. But, I try to minimize my use of those. Good luck! growitbuildit.com/how-to-control-wild-onions-garlic-in-your-lawn/

[@devastatn]

@@growitbuildit Thank you for your reply. Yeah, I'll probably go your route and get a few a night. I just went outside and did a couple. I'll need to get some top soil from my local nursery to dress it up. Again thank you

[@c.j.taylor7325]

So today I dug up as much as possible and left some big divets in the yard just so I could be sure I got most of them. While I think I got 90+% of the bulbs there were some fibrous roots left behind. Do you know if these roots will grow or if they'll die off without the bulbs attached?

[@growitbuildit]

I normally just worry about the bulbs. I don't think the roots themselves will resprout. The way these turn into clumps of bulbs - it is from bulbs shedding scales (I think). So if the roots were attached to that kind of material, and it is present, you may have one resprout.

[@c.j.taylor7325]

@@growitbuildit Thanks I appreciate it

[@chairforce0928]

My yard (just over an acre) is scattered with wild onion and garlic. I think it's kind of cool that these things are all over my yard. However, they make my yard look a little strange. My yard looks pretty nice, then you see theis long shoots sticking out of the ground... ALL OVER THE PLACE. I'm going to try the pitch fork method.

[@growitbuildit]

I had them every 5-10 feet. A couple of hours with wet ground and I got 75% of them I think. Now I just remove them as I see them periodically.

[@chairforce0928]

@@growitbuildit I watched a. Video done by an older gentleman who used a 2 to 3 in diameter pipe. He would take the pipe, place it over the onion or garlic then hammer into the ground with a rubber mallet. He would finish it with some potting soil to fill the hole.

[@growitbuildit]

That would work too I think. You just need to make sure you get all the bulbs and roots.

[@markdelgrosso3982]

How do you prevent them from forming in the first place? This is my first year seeing them and I have about 15 and my neighbors have none.

[@growitbuildit]

They show up from seed. I really can't say if the birds assist in their spread or not. I've seen the seed pods, but never opened one as I didn't want to spread them.

[@wicketandfriendsparody8068]

Planting shovel works great for pulling cores of onion and Dandelion:)

[@ozujordan6001]

I wish my entire yard was onions. This is a very delicious problem to have.

[@russell311000]

lol,

[@lillyalfonso9816]

ozu jordan lol

[@ZE308AC]

Indeed

[@FuNkU59]

I can’t grow grass because of it. I can confirm it’s Not delicious

[@jimc6694]

Doubt you would say that if you saw how bad they can spread🤪

[@beachcomer1]

Thanks, I never thought of pulling from underneath, so much better.

[@growitbuildit]

You're welcome - I couldn't agree more!

[@joycem.7857]

great tip, thank you!!

[@growitbuildit]

Thank you! I'm glad you found it helpful

[@hearthecrysofthecrusaders3357]

I do have, I thought that is what It is, wanted to double check!!! Ya the heavenly Father is good, and I almost pulled them, started to when weeding, so happy I noticed know I have wild onions.

[@growitbuildit]

Congratulations! Now that you know what to look for, you will be able to find these in all sorts of areas you can forage. Just make sure they have that distinct odor!

[@hearthecrysofthecrusaders3357]

@@growitbuildit are there poison look alikes??

[@growitbuildit]

Yes. Death Camus. Scroll about 75% down this article and it talks about it. Main difference is no odor. growitbuildit.com/how-to-control-wild-onions-garlic-in-your-lawn/

[@rumerboyz]

Great video! Never knew the proper way. 👍

[@growitbuildit]

Glad you liked it! They don't come back. For me it has been a multi-year process.

[@karunald]

I wish native onion was my 'problem'. I'm finding Siberian Squil (Scilla) l in my native woodland coming up through bloodroot, etc. Finding this stuff impossible to dig and get all the TINY bulblets. Removing flowers/seeds. I've NO issue using painted on roundup but I have a feeling it might not work. Read somewhere that defoliating to the ground will weaken over time but that might take 5-10 years for all I know. Going to try digging it up in my woodland tomorrow where there's 1-3 plants only here and there. This is near keeping me up at night. Grr

[@growitbuildit]

Ouch! I wouldn't want to hurt the Bloodroot or other ephemerals either. That will take some serious persistence. Your other option could be to get some flags, and mark where they are intermixed with the blood root, et al and then comeback when everything is dormant. I do not know this for sure, but you could probably just dig up the whole mess, dispose of the bulbs, and replant the bloodroot.

[@karunald]

@@growitbuildit Tricky with these TEENSY bulblets. In the woods, I was actually able to easily pull the smalls out so I think they form bulbs at the surface then go deep as they age. Kinda interesting. I think I have a plan. Nuked the seed pods for now then will dig the random individuals. It's in the garden so I dug up some hosta, etc to clean the roots. Read one can defoliate each year to or below the soil level and that eventually will nuke them. IDK - but they're going. I might try painting them with Glyphosate & surfactant in my Epimedium. LOL - do not plant Siberian Squill people! Mine came in likely from a squirrel or so

[@daydreaming2113]

I’m learning on how to grow them, wish that was my lawn.

[@growitbuildit]

Maybe you should go offer to dig them up for people! Then you could plant them in your lawn. I'm sure there are plenty of people who would be happy to have the help!

[@sugashack74]

You're nuts lol!

[@tonystephengrayson]

I have these all over my allotment😑 every bed, the grassy bits. They even burst through my paths covered with weed fabric and landscape bark within a month of placing it. I've got alot of work ahead😅

[@growitbuildit]

Wow - they punched through weed fabric?!? I'm sorry to hear that Tony.

[@sarahgracesings]

Perfect!! Thanks

[@growitbuildit]

You are very welcome!

[@melgibsonaftertwobeers6119]

I have hundreds of these in my yard... anyone considered fryin' em up? What's the flavor profile like?

[@ayeshaahmed9374]

Yesterday i just cooked with small fish and fried them.Test? Sooo good.you can make some lentils pakora with wild onions greens.

[@dananorwood3203]

Quite delicious when sauteed in bacon drippings. After you've cooked your bacon nice and crispy crumble bacon and add chopped wild onions, saute over medium heat until wild onions are tender.

[@HaphazardHomestead]

I eat them regularly. They are a mild onion/garlic. I cut the tops and freeze them and dehydrate them, too. And then use the bulbs from fall through spring. There can be individual plants, too, instead of clumps. Then they are more like the garlic that they really are (Allium vineale). I use the flower stalks, the flower heads when they make little bulblets, and then the bulbs when they dry down, too. It's real food.

[@XanderMorse-i7m]

Just to let you know, you can yank out the onions by pulling with little force for a long time and they'll loosen and pop goes the onions right out of the ground.

[@growitbuildit]

Hi Xander - sometimes I can do that, particularly if in a flower bed, forest, or garden. But in most turf grass, the soil is so compacted that they snap off. At least in my experience.

[@annemarieokelley632]

Wow, this is the best tip I've seen yet! I live in Chicago (which is a Native American word for "stinky onion" or "onion field," or something like that--which may give you an indication of what my lawn looks like!). I've been dealing with onion grass for years, and have pretty much effectively pulled it out of all my flower beds, but now I'm trying to tackle my lawn. I'll definitely use your tip in places of my lawn where the onion grass is more isolated, BUT my front lawn is literally covered with it, so if I pull it out your way there's no grass left anymore to take its place. Do you have any recommendations for me? Should I just get something to dig out the entire top layer and start over with new sod? It's a city front yard, so it's not very large.

[@growitbuildit]

What does it look like in the middle of summer? Just curious, because these should go away soon with the hot weather and then return in Autumn. If you still had grass in summer, you could just piecemeal it over a long time. Otherwise, there are some chemicals I've seen that people say will stick/kill them - they are just a bit harsher. If you have someone dig it up, they will probably have to take at least 6" to make sure all the roots are gone, because as you know, these are tenacious little buggers.

[@annemarieokelley632]

@@growitbuildit Even starting now, my regular grass seems to be filling in where it was all onion grass just a week or so ago. So maybe I'll rethink my plan to dig the whole thing up! So by "piecemeal" are you suggesting just tackle a section here and there?

[@growitbuildit]

I'm assuming that if you are in Chicago that your lawn isn't too big. If that is the case, then I would go after it piece by piece. Just attack it periodically when they are growing (and the ground is moist). You will make progress. My lawn (0.5 acre lot) had them every 5-10'. I just started pulling them for a half hour to an hour when I had some time. Now there are still random ones here/there, but not nearly as noticeable. I know I have seeds blow in each year from the surrounding properties, so it is more of a maintenance item for me. If you dig up your whole lawn for this, that will be costly. You could also try herbicides (non-selective). If you paint the plant, particularly after mowing them down (but this can take as long as digging up random ones). Careful with that, as non-selective kills everything.

[@annemarieokelley632]

@@growitbuildit My front lawn is small, so I will probably go after it piece by piece, which will be easier to do with your method--which doesn't totally destroy the look of my lawn. (I did my backyard, but dug it all out from the top, so then I had to reseed the whole thing--a lot of work!) I don't love adding chemicals to my yard, and they don't even seem terribly effective from what I've read. Thanks for your input!!

[@annemarieokelley632]

Hello again. One year later ... I recently dug out ALL the thousands of onion grass bulbs from of my (small, city) front yard and reseeded. Very happy about that, except ... now I realize that on the other part of my yard, the nimblewill has taken over. Yeesh! I understand that nimblewill is invasive and also has to be dug out and new grass needs to be reseeded. (And right now I'm not even dealing with the creeping charlie!) Admittedly, I have neglected my lawn for many years, so the soil or whatever probably isn't in good shape. Would you recommend that at this point, I throw in the towel and go for sod?

[@akacam534]

Yep this is the only way to deal with any (weed/wild plants) with bulbs

[@growitbuildit]

Fully agree. Annoying that you have to do this though.

[@freighttrainshane3953]

This is a great idea but I would be pulling them up for ever!

[@growitbuildit]

One could say a journey of a thousand miles begins with one step!

[@HandsFullHeartFull]

Great advice man this stuff is so annoying

[@growitbuildit]

Thank you. I'm glad you found it helpful. This method really does work for removing wild onion grass permanently.

[@HandsFullHeartFull]

Growit Buildit just spent an hour doing it. thanks again

[@ZE308AC]

Are the wild onion, wild garlic edible?

[@growitbuildit]

Yes. But you need to be certain. There is a poisonous look-alike called Death Camus. It is discussed towards the bottom of this article: growitbuildit.com/how-to-control-wild-onions-garlic-in-your-lawn/

[@ZE308AC]

@@growitbuildit okay I will look into it so I am 100 percent sure it is edible and not poisonous.

[@growitbuildit]

You can always pluck one and take it to an ag extension office. They would tell you as well.

[@ZE308AC]

@@growitbuildityes, I will do that just to double check and know what I am picking.

[@jean-pierredeclemy7032]

They have taken over our flower beds. We cleared all the bulbs out of one area but this spring it is infested again.

[@growitbuildit]

When I remove them from my yard, they seem to not return. Curious, for the ones you didn't remove if you noticed red ball near the top of the stem? Those are seed heads. If you left them, they may have distributed seed.

[@oldguywisdom2904]

I understand you shouldn't try to shake the dirt off because tiny bulbs wind up going back in the ground

[@buckstarchaser2376]

I didn't know people had a problem with these. Whenever I get some extra chives, old garlic, or even an onion that's sprouting, I go find a fruit tree and plant it there, hoping that I can distract deer from a couple of their nibbling visits, and maybe keep rabbits from chewing the bark off in the winter. My fruit trees are all ate up though, so it probably doesn't work that well.

[@growitbuildit]

I've found the only way to stop the deer is with fence or cages!

[@buckstarchaser2376]

@@growitbuildit I've been planting hostas and deer-friendly perennials in my hunting spot as a sort of distraction for them that also has some benefit to me. That's been helpful for the last couple years, but the increased traffic brings more hungry deer. The power lines just got their routine brush mowing, so I've been throwing browse and nectar plant seeds in that corridor, and got a few perennials to bulk up before dividing and placing out there. If I can hold off the tree regrowth longer, that would be cool. Hey, I'm particularly interested in Veronicastrum Virginicum after seeing it being heavily visited by "native bees" at the State University garden thing place. Is this a plant you have experience with for a video? The other videos I've seen on it were not that great.

[@growitbuildit]

Hi Buck, sounds like you are busy attracting the deer. In regards to v. virginicum I just started growing it last year. So I won't have video for at least 1, maybe two years. In the past I always had trouble germinating it. I did the same process for 2-3 years, just trying different seeds. Finally got a good germination rate last year (winter sow, surface plant).

[@buckstarchaser2376]

@@growitbuildit It's good to hear there is a method to sprouting it. I bought 1, very expensive (though it was so rootbound that it was very durable in there) plant in the mail, and it came in today. Hopefully I can get some seeds from it to make a wall of bees for my minotaur maze... or to help reduce the eating pace of the deers to keep them mostly where I want them.

[@wdfkTV8555]

Remember to dispose of these bulblets in the trash or on the driveway where they'll get squashed. Do not under any circumstances put them in the compost pile.

[@growitbuildit]

If you can make a very hot compost pile, it will kill them. But it has to be around 120F or more.

[@wdfkTV8555]

@@growitbuildit thanks for setting me straight! Sometimes I forget not everyone lives in the North where you're lucky to get compost at all.

[@00BeesKnees00]

A fistful of these cost $2.49 here in NYC. If you don't want to do the work, let someone who loves chives do it for you in exchange for keeping them.

[@growitbuildit]

There are a lot of people who could get a new side hustle. These things are prolific out in PA.

[@00BeesKnees00]

@@growitbuildit True. They sell mint too, grown from their backyards. A small bunch for $2. One man's misery is another man's treasure.

[@MervB1]

Thanks for this but I've found this method a bit risky, not that I have another suggestion. Onion weed 'seems' to explode if the soil around it is disturbed and spread its bulbs thus making it spread. Over hear one of our saviours are Cockatoos. This large white parrot like bird travels in flocks and just love onion weed. They keep farm land infestation down, but you dont want a flock in your

[@growitbuildit]

Hi Mervyn - I got rid of 95% of my onion weed over a Fall and following Spring using this method. It has never returned. I can appreciate your concern. But I really only have the one-off onion weed here and there. But that is quite lucky that you have the Cockatoos to eat them up.

[@Gasp7000]

Now for us country folk, let's do: "How to get rid of domineering lawn/lawn without damaging wild onion, organically". 😂😂❗️ I don't do ornamental lawn, myself. I just mow the grass & wild edibles together--they aren't weeds in my book, we eat them. We even preserve them when we can. I could move each item and group them together, but honestly, I think they would die, and we need them. I think they literally want to all grow together, maybe that's part of their own form of "companion" growing. I think there is something about these wild onion/garlic plants that needs something in the grass, so if I grouped the onions somewhere else, I think I'd give them grass there, too. Ever since I was a child in the Rockies in the 50's & 60's, I can remember being bothered by the smell of mowed grass in the neighborhood. But when I moved to the north-east 40 years ago and smelled the garlicky/oniony aroma with it, that, I loved. I can understand the temptation of a velvety lawn with only grass, but I am highly allergic to the common weed killers and pesticides. So I have adapted to a happier place--no obligation to get rid of so-called weeds. I do love this wild garlic, and we have sauteed it for dinner and added it to dishes.

[@growitbuildit]

Hey - if you like eating them, then there is no shortage of this plant out here! It is everywhere!

[@wemuk5170]

@@growitbuilditThanks for this video. If they get out of control in future, too many for liking, then + now I know how to pull them backwards. Not upwards. Great tip! 🙏😊

[@growitbuildit]

@@wemuk5170 You are welcome

[@mollypitcher9380]

I’m an expert on this plant. I gave up, it won.

[@growitbuildit]

It took me a couple years to get them under control.

[@MrNikkiwood]

My flowerbed is over run with onions everywhere. They are between all my perineal flowers. Ugh

[@growitbuildit]

It isn't fun work, but you usually only need to remove them once

[@williamallen7386]

Isn't it true that when you disturb them, they drop seeds and you get ten times more? That is exactly what happened when I removed mine.

[@growitbuildit]

They make seed pods on the tip of the visible stalk. It will be a red ball filled with seed. If you don't see it, it hasn't produced seed yet. Your's could have resprouted or the bulbs had shed scales though

[@426superbee4]

How i get rid of it > I pull it and eat it or make chives out of it

[@growitbuildit]

That works too!

[@ayeshaahmed9374]

I do the same,just eat them🤣😂

[@426superbee4]

@@ayeshaahmed9374 cool if it smells like a onion or garlic and taste like them> Its good to eat> There just wild onions and garlic

[@a.ced.2052]

Not sure wheather to take you serious or not??? I'm not about to go out and try it

[@426superbee4]

@@a.ced.2052 For real make chives out out em People just don't know, cause they never lived off grid/ There things growing out there FREE, Like having a grocery store in your back yard Like poke salad OMG ITS SOOO GOOD! Poison if you don't know how to cook it! boil drain wash off 2 times 3 rd boil add your seasoning and its ready to eat YUMMY 5 x better than spinach Same with mustard greens YUMMY all sorts of wild mushroom, berries and fruit out there ect. but MUST KNOW WHAT YOUR GETTING AND HOW TO COOK IT Clover tea, Dandelion coffee, all sorts of things to drink as well

[@AikoPanda]

gutes video! yeah

[@growitbuildit]

Thank you Aiko!

[@mcbrion1951]

yes, not so good for half an acre of lawn, but great if you have a small lawn.

[@grimminalmyndzrecords2065]

Who the hell got time to pull a yard full of damn onions ...smhlol

[@johnlord8337]

Easy !!! Eat em all up !!!

[@growitbuildit]

That works too!

[@The_YouTube_Critic]

I had hoped this was a solution other than pulling it out. With a yard full of them, this method isn't really going to do it.

[@growitbuildit]

Yeah - a full yard probably requires spraying. This method is better for just keeping up with them. I do this periodically when I see them, as it allows me to get the full plant without leaving a bunch of holes in the ground.

[@soniaskolnick3868]

@@growitbuildit spraying with what?!

[@beverleyhagaman7344]

@@soniaskolnick3868 Where is answer????

[@growitbuildit]

There are a couple of chemicals that do work. This is one of them, specifically for this kind of plant. amzn.to/32yVgXh

[@beverleyhagaman7344]

@@growitbuildit Thank you.

[@JamesMcCutcheon]

I eat them really good.

[@growitbuildit]

Nice! I gotta try using them instead of chives sometime.

[@andrewmeadors936]

@@growitbuildit No way would I eat wild onions or garlic

[@tanyag3107]

Once you dug up the bulbs, don't forget to dispose of them "properly", which may mean burning them or pouring boiling water over them - for they behave just like their domesticated cousins do. They store out of the ground perfectly and can sit piled up in a plastic, soil-less bucket and be baked by the sun all summer, and come the rainy fall season, sprout again! A drop of water on them is all it takes. Speaking from experience.

[@growitbuildit]

Excellent tip!

[@oniongrass338]

Oh God, no!

[@growitbuildit]

Hahahahaha

[@Takahanazawa]

I watched this whole video explaining "how" hoping to learn "why"

[@AM-uu7js]

wow

[@777SEER]

I have this in my garden, all over the place :(

[@daydreaming2113]

Please invite me over so I can make an amazing dish out of them for you 😋😋😋

[@CyberTransport]

Nice thought, but I've got hundreds of these in my yard.

[@growitbuildit]

I did too. A day at a time.

[@DebbieOnTheSpot]

Somewhere in America "Get rid of the food growing in the yard so the grass will look better for the neighbors"

[@growitbuildit]

That's pretty much it. But these things grow everywhere - ditches, public land, abandoned lots, in the forest. There is no shortage of them if you wish to eat them.

[@normandocaban1817]

It’s certainly organic, but way too time consuming, I basically just spray Blindeside and be done with it

[@ryanwooden783]

Does this damage the grass around the onion?

[@crystalharmonyaustralia4767]

I’m not looking forward to this. We have around 50 of these things that have popped up from nowhere. I was pulling them too. The darn things grow so quickly.

[@growitbuildit]

Once you pull a clump, it generally doesn't return. Just take it a day at a time

[@crystalharmonyaustralia4767]

@ ok I’m going to look at it again today. But I think I’ll have to pull up the entire strip of grass. Luckily it’s a courtyard. But there’s is 50 of them in small area of 1mt x 4mt. I’m beginning to think someone threw some seeds or something because there is a lot. We been here for 10 years and not one until now.

[@growitbuildit]

@@crystalharmonyaustralia4767 Wow - that seems like a crazy amount of spread in a short time

[@pauliegee78]

They are wild .

[@conditionallyunconditional5691]

Bunnies need them for bulimic moments. 🐰

[@Takahanazawa]

Or you could just let it be.

[@trollhunter8842]

Not very practical if you have dozens of them all over the lawn. These bastard plants are the worst.

[@growitbuildit]

I actually started with dozens everywhere. Just chipped away at it over a couple seasons. They don't come back if get all the bulbs.

[@k98Lemur]

Oh bullshit... I'll just live with them. Not as dedicated as you.

[@rainsfall2494]

I hate the waste of water that lawns are. What a waste of space as well

[@rainsfall2494]

Lawns are terrible