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...
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'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...
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