General information and discussion about cultivating onions, garlic, shallots and leeks.
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July 27, 2007 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: zone 5b northwest connecticut
Posts: 2,570
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garlic harvest
i planted them on columbus day it was cold about 42-44 degrees.
i harvested them last night it was hot upper 80's with humidity, i could have rang out my clothes in 10 minutes and it was not very hard work. i really did great, i'm quite impressed. an unknown hardneck about 2" in diameter (about 20 bulbs), georgian crystal seem to have rather smallish bulbs (about 16 bulbs) about 1.5-1.75", german white just a little bigger maybe 1.75- 2" (about 40 bulbs) but the music are good sized bulbs (about 85-90 bulbs) about 2-3". i'm seriously considering not planting potatoes next year (waiting to see the harvest but it's never that good) and using that 100-120 sq ft for garlic in addition to the 48 sq ft used this year. potatoes yield so little for the space, garlic is a much better use of that space plus i eat a lot of garlic. tom |
August 1, 2007 | #2 |
Buffalo-Niagara Tomato TasteFest™ Co-Founder
Join Date: Aug 2006
Location: The Niagara Frontier
Posts: 942
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Ditch the 'taters!
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