General information and discussion about cultivating onions, garlic, shallots and leeks.
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January 9, 2014 | #16 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2011
Location: Vermont
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Yup, I bury my planted garlic completely under 3-6 inches of material, and I try to do it right around the time of hard freezes, when the ground first begins to freeze. There are no tops showing yet. (I set the cloves in the ground mid-October, cover by mid-November.) When the tops do emerge, almost all of them find their way up through the mulch in the spring. When most have emerged, I poke around and see if I can uncover sidetracked shoots that haven't found their way up yet, and almost always find them turned aside by a pile of leaves that didn't get shredded enough and had matted enough to block the new shoot. Releasing the sidetracked shoots works just fine, and they grow and do their thing just like the others by harvest time.
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January 9, 2014 | #17 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Saylorsburg, PA
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It doesn't seem to bother mine. I cover it with straw which is light. I do pull it back in the spring as soon as it begins to warm up and I can see the shoots. We have had exceptionally bitter cold so far this winter so things could be different this year.
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