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Post by kat on Aug 22, 2019 14:14:40 GMT
Last year here in Zone 5 was wet, wet, wet. Even though I had a 4x10 raised bed to plant garlic in (amended with lots of composted horse manure/bedding --- I call it barnyard dirt), the bed never dried out enough to plant. I kept waiting for conditions to change, but they never did. So, my garlic never got planted last Fall. When Spring came, it took a while for the bed to dry out because we'd had a lot of snow plus we were getting plenty of rain. I really didn't want to lose the varieties I'd accumulated over the years, so I planted them as soon as the soil dried out enough to do so --- May 8th.
On a "regular" year here, October-planted garlic is harvested the week after the 4th of July. To date, the May-planted garlic has not put out scapes, the stems are thick and no leaves are dead or yellowing. I dug one up last week and it looks like a leek. There is a swelling at the bottom. I just now cut it cross-wise to see what was inside. It's 2 inches in diameter and the "possibilities" of cloves are visible --- just barely. Once I figure out how to do it, I'll post an image.
My question to the group: Is it recommended to just leave these in the ground to develop into a cloved garlic bulb next year? On a "regular" year, I would plant around 6-7 weeks from now. As stated, these plants are actively growing still. The stems are green and thick and not even thinking about drying down. I would think leaving them in the ground would be better than digging them up just to re-plant them. Please weigh in with your advice and any experience with this. Thanks.
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Post by kat on Aug 22, 2019 14:33:47 GMT
 Can't seem to figure out how to post a photo. I give up. Here is the address for the photo on postimage.org --- can't figure out how to post the photo here. I'm tech-challenged --- LOL. postimg.cc/z3jrgPW8 It comes up "404 Not Found" but then I click on "Proceed" and up comes the image. You might be able to click on the image to enlarge it. That worked for me. (I've edited this post a half-dozen times or more). |
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Post by feather on Aug 22, 2019 14:57:50 GMT
I have no experience with spring garlic. And I don't know what the best thing to do is, for your situation. You could get more seed and plant cloves in October, you could take half your rounds out, and replant, or you could leave them in and see what happens. Like I said, I have no experience with it. hellohomestead.com/how-to-plant-garlic-in-the-spring/ |
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Post by feather on Aug 22, 2019 14:59:38 GMT
Can't seem to figure out how to post a photo. I give up. Here is the address for the photo on postimage.org --- can't figure out how to post the photo here. I'm tech-challenged --- LOL. postimg.cc/z3jrgPW8 I can't see it. After you on on postimage looking at your picture. Share. Click on 'direct link'. Give us that one.Then we might be able to see it. |
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Post by kat on Aug 22, 2019 15:09:17 GMT
Click on the link above. The page comes up "404 No Found". Click on "Proceed" and it will go to the image. Click on the image, it will go smaller, click again to make it larger than the original image. A lot of fussin' --- but at least you can see the photo.
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Post by feather on Aug 22, 2019 15:12:27 GMT
Click on the link above. The page comes up "404 No Found". Click on "Proceed" and it will go to the image. Click on the image, it will go smaller, click again to make it larger than the original image. A lot of fussin' --- but at least you can see the photo. Hi Kat, I have an account on postimage, when I hit proceed, it takes me to my photos instead of yours. But thanks for suggesting it, I hadn't tried that. |
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Post by kat on Aug 22, 2019 15:22:13 GMT
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Post by feather on Aug 22, 2019 15:27:42 GMT
Yes, Kat, great it works.  That's a cross cut of the round, right? So it hasn't been able to form cloves. From the article, it says something about needing the cold weather to form the cloves. |
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Post by feather on Aug 22, 2019 15:32:45 GMT
In the past I've heard of people using the flower 'seeds', then they just get a round. Then they plant the round to get a bulb the next year. Someone here has probably done that.
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Post by kat on Aug 22, 2019 15:32:57 GMT
Dang it, Feather, how did you get the photo to here when I couldn't? Yes, I had also read about needing the cold to make cloves. What you see is a 2-inch round. The cloves are there but that is all solid around the outside. My question, should I just leave them in the ground to continue to develop and harvest them next Summer?
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Post by feather on Aug 22, 2019 15:52:24 GMT
Dang it, Feather, how did you get the photo to here when I couldn't? Yes, I had also read about needing the cold to make cloves. What you see is a 2-inch round. The cloves are there but that is all solid around the outside. My question, should I just leave them in the ground to continue to develop and harvest them next Summer? Picture. Click in the box you are posting in, on that little box at the top that looks like a miniature landscape. A Box will come up, paste your direct link into the top open area.
I don't know about whether you should harvest then replant, or just leave them in. Dh and I talked about it, neither of us have experience with that. He suggested harvesting in late Sept, then replanting in Oct. Or why not leave them in? We left keeper onions in over winter and they sprouted in the spring (to bring us seed)...but I don't know that onions and garlic do exactly the same thing.
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Post by 1shotwade on Aug 22, 2019 16:25:27 GMT
I try to plant in Aug but didn't get it done last year. Come spring I had cloves that were sprouting so I set them out in early April. It was a wet year then the rains shut down. In July I took a look and they had 1/3 of the leaves dry and brown but they had not put on scapes.
I went ahead and dug them. While layed out to dry, they put on scapes! I cut the scapes and used them and let them finish curing. I am preparing to plant them any day now. Hopefully I am back on track for fall planting.
I had sent a couple pounds to people to plant out of what did not sprout this spring. None of it came up which indicates to me it is dangerous to miss a fall planting!
Wade
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