Guest guest Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 I will be getting my seed garlic at the almost-famous 16th annual Hills garlic festival, this coming Sunday. It started out as a neighbourhood potluck and has grown into huge venue. I have grown my own for many years, but alas, we do have a horrid garlic mould disease in places on the land. It stays in the soil for decennia. In case anyone has it, here is what helps: sacrifice a plot over one summer, and cover it with plastic. Clear is best but black will do. The heat generated kills the spores, at least most of them. This tip was in some organic farming magazine. It seems to work. For all things garlic, consult Ron Engeland's excellent book "Growing Great Garlic". Garlic is incredibly hardy, growing it in Iowa should be a cinch as long as you mulch it. Happy growing ! Ien in the Kootenays, great garlic country Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 Ten pounds dried should work fine. As long as its not dead or rotten. You want to plant the cloves you would eat. Plant the biggest nicest looking cloves and use the little half devolved center ones for your cooking. With ten pounds of garlic your gonna have a lot of bulbs if you do it right. Oh!!! You should braid the plants together and hang the garlic braids to dry after harvest. I planted my garlic yesterday. I planted one clove every 5" in all directions and I used a stick to put it any where between 3" and 5'' down. I will plant garlic every two weeks from now until the first frost. I love it all over my garden as I like it to protect my other plants from bugs. ~B jl wrote: Brian, I bought about 10 lbs of garlic from a local organic garlic farm here in CT. I am wondering if I can plant some of the bulbs to grow my own next year. They have only been dried so I suspect that the answer is yes. Any ideas? Thanks john --- On Wed, 9/3/08, Bryan <BryanShillington wrote: Bryan <BryanShillington {Herbal Remedies} Get ready to plant Garlic herbal_remedies Wednesday, September 3, 2008, 6:30 PM Almost time to plant your Garlic. Buy some at the store and plant it. Attachment: vcard [not shown] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 Brian. I live in Arizona, the hot part, Will garlic grow year round here? We are still having temps 105 to 107Karen O in hot AZ herbal remedies From: BryanShillingtonDate: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 14:28:14 -0400{Herbal Remedies} Get ready to plant Garlic Ten pounds dried should work fine. As long as its not dead or rotten. You want to plant the cloves you would eat. Plant the biggest nicest looking cloves and use the little half devolved center ones for your cooking. With ten pounds of garlic your gonna have a lot of bulbs if you do it right. Oh!!! You should braid the plants together and hang the garlic braids to dry after harvest.I planted my garlic yesterday. I planted one clove every 5" in all directions and I used a stick to put it any where between 3" and 5'' down. I will plant garlic every two weeks from now until the first frost. I love it all over my garden as I like it to protect my other plants from bugs.~B jl wrote: Brian,I bought about 10 lbs of garlic from a local organic garlic farm here in CT. I am wondering if I can plant some of the bulbs to grow my own next year. They have only been dried so I suspect that the answer is yes. Any ideas?Thanksjohn--- On Wed, 9/3/08, Bryan <BryanShillington wrote: Bryan <BryanShillington{Herbal Remedies} Get ready to plant Garlicherbal_remedies Date: Wednesday, September 3, 2008, 6:30 PM Almost time to plant your Garlic. Buy some at the store and plant it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 9, 2008 Report Share Posted September 9, 2008 Karen O'Keefe wrote: Brian. I live in Arizona, the hot part, Will garlic grow year round here? We are still having temps 105 to 107 Karen O in hot AZ herbal remedies BryanShillington (AT) Knology (DOT) net Fri, 5 Sep 2008 14:28:14 -0400 {Herbal Remedies} Get ready to plant Garlic Ten pounds dried should work fine. As long as its not dead or rotten. You want to plant the cloves you would eat. Plant the biggest nicest looking cloves and use the little half devolved center ones for your cooking. With ten pounds of garlic your gonna have a lot of bulbs if you do it right. Oh!!! You should braid the plants together and hang the garlic braids to dry after harvest. I planted my garlic yesterday. I planted one clove every 5" in all directions and I used a stick to put it any where between 3" and 5'' down. I will plant garlic every two weeks from now until the first frost. I love it all over my garden as I like it to protect my other plants from bugs. ~B jl wrote: Brian, I bought about 10 lbs of garlic from a local organic garlic farm here in CT. I am wondering if I can plant some of the bulbs to grow my own next year. They have only been dried so I suspect that the answer is yes. Any ideas? Thanks john --- On Wed, 9/3/08, Bryan <BryanShillington (AT) Knology (DOT) net> wrote: Bryan <BryanShillington (AT) Knology (DOT) net> {Herbal Remedies} Get ready to plant Garlic herbal_remedies Wednesday, September 3, 2008, 6:30 PM Almost time to plant your Garlic. Buy some at the store and plant it. Attachment: vcard [not shown] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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