General information and discussion about cultivating onions, garlic, shallots and leeks.
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Sweeeeeeeet!!!!
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Heather I have received the GARLIC and now that I have enough GARLIC to plant about ¼ of an acre I shouldn’t have to do with out.
Thanks Earl, for the GARLIC. Thanks Heather, for sending the GARLIC and I have sent some clams your way for the effort via pay pal. The post office thanks you both for smelling up the place with GARLIC. Now I will share some GARLIC with a lady friend if she wants some. And I won’t have to worry about vampires for a while. Planting GARLIC tomorrow, Worth |
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There was enough garlic for everyone to get lots
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I found this site here in Texas and they have some good things to say about it at Dave’s garden watch Dog.
A very informative site with no pop ups or adds. http://www.gourmetgarlicgardens.com/ Worth |
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I finally got all of the garlic planted; I made one long row out in the front yard by the road next to the rosemary.
And in a few other places too, the garlic I had previously planted is about a foot tall at this time I had to dig up all of the rocks and horse herb by hand and a grubbing hoe. Nice loamy soil though, I hope it turns out. Worth |
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I am glad its all planted. I just now realized you are no longer in Alaska..... hehehe I am a very very slow person at times.... (please no comments on THAT comment) hehehe
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How’s everyone’s garlic doing we got from Earl, or elsewhere?
All of mine has sprouted and I have garlic growing everywhere. Out in front of the house around the trees in the back and in a flowerbed, I have garlic running out of my ears. ![]() Worth |
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I can see Worth eating lunch, and when he wants a bite of green garlic he reaches to his neck area, grabs a blade hanging from his ear and takes a bite. :-)
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Mine is doing well also, most is outside and ready for the winter but I planted 4 inside (IN POTS) and they are doing fabulous too (the kidlet made me do it)
Earl, i am picturing that now, worth will never have to worry about running out since he is growing it from his ears....hehehe... THAT was a GREAT visual. |
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I've been eating green garlic since late fall and winter. Ground hasn't frozen yet so I dig some when I need it. Right now it's about the size of small green onions. Be sure you add some when cooking dry beans like Great Northern etc.
If you want to have bulbils to share with others, don't cut the scapes unless you have oodles of them. Leave bulbils on plant until the sheath covering them opens and the bulbils turn darker. Some say cutting the scapes will make larger cloves, some say it won't. I don't have an opinion either way. If you grow any softnecks since they usually don't have bulbils, you can cut and cook/use the tender scapes before they become hardened. When gourmet chefs find scapes to buy they shiver with delight. :-) |
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Earl you should see the size of my elephant garlic that I started before I received your garlic, which by the way is doing great.
If it keeps growing at this rate it will be as big as a fence post by harvest time. Scapes are great stuff and I like to pick a green leaf on occasion just for a garden snack. I just hope the heat holds off as some hard necks don’t do that well down here. Worth |
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Moving this thread up for Earl.
This fall, I plan to plant some garlic. Worth, what's your garlic look like now? |
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I read that a place in Texas grows garlic by transplanting young plants, so I'm giving it a try. Come July we'll find out. :-)
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Earl: You found a bunch of young garlic plants to put in your garden? Where'd you find 'em?
Jay
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Identifying garlic is done mostly by consensus. Many are like trying to identify the difference between twins. |
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Suze
My garlic is doing fine, with all of this rain it really needs to dry up a little though. Thanks again Earl Attachment 242 Attachment 243 Attachment 244 Attachment 245 Last edited by Worth1; November 17, 2012 at 05:45 PM. |
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