if so, we need a tag synonym:
Best practice to prevent aphids and spider mites?
I tagged this spider-mites as per the question, but it was retagged red-mites.
I agree most people would probably put onions in the "bulb" vegetable category, but strictly speaking that is a sub-category of root vegetables (Wikipedia or not).
Anyway, we're splitting hairs, as I think we both agree "bulbs" is the best category for onions...
@MikePerry I see that the tag wiki has included bulbs, rhizomes, tubers et al. in the tag. So @bstpierre 's tagging is correct according to the tag wiki.
@winwaed also made clear the distinction that agriculture and botany use differing definitions for root veggie and my knowledge was mostly from high school botany :)
Is it possible for "bulbs" to become a synonyms of "vegetables" or "root-vegetables"? Then also make a new "bulbs" tag for things like Spring time flowers?
^Ignore, bulbs I was just making sure I understood correctly^
@yoda, I think your edit for root-vegetables makes it clearer and the more I think about it, the more I think onions (& other "bulb" vegetables) would be better served if they where grouped under vegetables and/or rootvegetables
How about making "bulb-vegetables" a synonyms of root-vegetables, does that make sense, would that work?
@waxeagle I second this. root-vegetables current excerpt reads well. Similar to vegetables in that it isn't the botanically correct definition (includes fruits like cucumbers), but it is the commonly used "gardener's definition".
@MikePerry I agree with this too -- everybody I know uses "bulbs" to talk about flowers, not stuff like onions.
@MikePerry Possible, but I'd wait to bother with the synonym until we see some confusion. I doubt anyone would actually try to use "bulb-vegetables". Seems more likely they'd just use onions.
I see your point. I guess I'm thinking more along the lines of waiting to see how it evolves to decide where the problems are. We're unlikely to get 10x traffic overnight...
I've got a few giant sunflowers that are hanging pretty low.
I peeled off a few seeds around the outside just to see what they looked like and they look pretty big. They're fairly light though, not dark like the seeds I planted or the seeds you buy in the store, and the seed inside the shell ...
Currently the tag bulbs is mostly associated with "Onions", a bulb vegetable that is strictly speaking a subset of "Root Vegetables".
Personally when I think of bulbs in a gardening context, the first thing that comes to mind is Springtime bulbs (flowers):
Crocus.
Daffodils.
Tulips.
And othe...
I've read in several places that a pineapple plant can be grown from the top of a store-bought pineapple, provided it has a crown/leaves intact.
The only problem is that I'm finding many contradictions in the exact method to do so.
This method instructs to remove all fruit from the plant and
w...