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Old September 2, 2008   #1
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on saturday i figured the garlic had dried enough during almost 7 weeks.

i cut the bulb from the stalk and cut the roots.


16 pounds total, 8 pounds was music, the other 8 pounds i can't weigh without a small scale. some varieties yielded about 10-12 oz while others may be as high as 1.5 pounds. i planted the same amount of cloves of all varieties (21-24) except for music (35). planted around 180 cloves, 6" on center, 4' X 12' bed.


i lost at least 10-12 bulbs (possibly as high as 20 bulbs). this was due to fungus in cured bulbs thanks to excessive rain in june and july, like every day just abouts! the soft necks seem to be much more effected than the hard neck varieties were to this.


soft neck varieties -
nootka rose
french pink


hard neck varieties -
music
german red
german white
korean red
georgian (or is it gregorian?) crystal


german red and music seem to be the hottest but i have not tried the french pink or nootaka rose yet nor have i done a real taste test side by side. i am disappointed in korean red as i expected that variety to be so hot that it might have been inedible. it is spicy but not wicked hot.


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My garlic is large this year. I am growing German Porclin. Super flavor.
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Do you fellas buy in your seed each year or do you grow again from your own bulbs
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Richard, I replant the largest cloves from the head and eat the small cloves.
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Richard, I replant the largest cloves from the head and eat the small cloves.
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I pull the hole bulb apart before i decide if any of that particular one will be used for replanting.i look for consistent size, including its center which if is made up lots of small segments,all will be consigned to the consumption department.
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Old September 6, 2008   #6
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after buying the varieties i wanted to plant the 1st year, i plant from my own stock. this year i did buy some music as i wanted to try "their music" vs "my music".

you always plant the largest cloves because they will grow larger bulbs than a smaller clove will grow.

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