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Old May 2, 2017   #36
PureHarvest
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I haven't put time into that thought yet. You bring up a good point henry.
The first question I'd have is about the pathogens that affect garlic and whether or not they can survive out of the soil.
There are those that do not survive out of the soil, Late blight on tomatoes comes to mind. If I am correct, it will not survive outside of some kind of host plant or debris.
If I make sure the fabric does not have clinging debris, it will come down to pathogen spores that can survive out of the soil. I could roll it out and scrub it with a long handled brush with greenshield or bleach I suppose.
Of course, some observation will go a long way too. I do not see any signs of soft/neck/stem/bulb rot or fusarium at this point. If this continues, I would feel safe re-using the fabric with maybe a bleach or greenshield app for piece of mind.
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