View Single Post
Old March 10, 2017   #5
meganp
Tomatovillian™
 
Join Date: May 2013
Location: 45S 168E
Posts: 52
Default

Hello Sari, the long keeping characteristic would make your spanish morado more in keeping with a creole variety - turbans have a very short dormancy, they are usually sprouting within 5 months for me. I wouldn't toss your old garlic, when my garlic starts to get dried out, I crush and dehydrate the cloves to make garlic powder. Even if you don't want to use the garlic powder for cooking, good to have on hand to make an insect and bug spray - I do the same with the excess bulbils that I don't replant
The rounds do eventually grow into segmented bulbs but I don't mind them staying as rounds because when they do divide, the bulbs are huge! The rounds are easy to plant, just pop the entire round into the ground and no need to worry about splitting them. There are usually enough properly divided bulbs for eating.

Last edited by meganp; March 10, 2017 at 05:54 PM.
meganp is offline   Reply With Quote