Thanks Sari! That is interesting to know - I also tried digging up some of the failed ones to see what happened - one was bitten by something but the others that I found appeared to be just frost killed.
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If I'd been thinking straight, I would have made sure that every variety had a backup in the greenhouse. And another thing that I forgot to mark, which one of the rounds came from the greenhouse or from outdoors last season. I wondered if greenhouse growing is putting the burden of acclimatizing onto the next generation, and so they are worse prepared.... I do think that once they are past that sensitive stage in the rounds, and are planted as cloves, they will acclimatize anyway.
This year I will be better prepared because I'm thinking about it already! I have raked up and bagged some leaves at my brother's this spring, and stashed some for mulching the garlic babies that do go outdoors.
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But I'm planning to use the greenhouse as well, to make sure I don't lose any varieties. Large rounds in the greenhouse should give me bulbs if I plant them in fall, and then I will be safely past that delicate stage.