Garlic's ready
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Cool. I may try that this fall. I bought some bulbs a couple of months ago and then discovered I don't plant until spring!
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That is some great looking garlic, Zigs! Ours is hanging in the barn, drying. We dug it around the first of the month-- with all the rain we had it matured early.
I must say I've never seen such clean garlic. What laundry detergent do you use on it?
I must say I've never seen such clean garlic. What laundry detergent do you use on it?
I didn't realize garlic was ready so early in the season (or at least, it's early in OUR season). I have thought about growing my own but have been told that growing garlic is quite hard. I also am not sure that garlic can be grown in pots and I have to do my garden like that right now.
Do you find growing garlic to be difficult or tricky?
Do you find growing garlic to be difficult or tricky?
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Garlic is probably amongst the most effortless plant tos grow. Simply plant some cloves in October, cover with mulch, harvest around the first of July. It does well mixed at random in flower beds if space is at a premium. Little or no room is required. My zone is 5.
It started to drop so I dug it yesterday
They're from the biggest blubs I saved from last year.
I like the way you have arranged them. This picture could be a perfect wall hanging.
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Thank you for this tip on how to grow garlic, @Durgan ! I am in Michigan so this is helpful to me to try and grow some garlic for next year summer.
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Nice! Mine were super small, but I still have two plants going so I'm hoping by the time the tops fall over I'll have something to show for my efforts. Really, I am just happy to have kept them alive all this time and to have figure out good growing conditions for them since all my stuff is in containers. Plan to start them a bit earlier this year.
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You could probably start getting your cloves ready for planting now. I'm sure you don't have much of a summer in Michigan to speak of, unlike here where the heat and humidity seem to amp up immediately the first official day of summer. My plants will probably start to look pitiful in the next week or so.
That looks great! I tried growing it this past year too, but my cloves are small and hard. What's your secret?
That looks great! I tried growing it this past year too, but my cloves are small and hard. What's your secret?
Did you plant garlic from the supermarket? As they are usually treated with a growth inhibitor to prolong shelf life, best to get organic or seed cloves from the garden centre
Drying out nicely in the greenhouse now
I got it from a coworker who was having it overrun their garden. I don't think growth inhibitor was involved, but you remind me that I don't really know the lineage of my garlic. Maybe it's a variety that is small and hard? I can't believe I didn't even think about that before this.
I have pitiful soil so I planted it where the compost bin used to be. I had hoped it would have enough nutrient there, but they might not be getting enough sun. Can they survive with only half a day's sun (5+ hours)?
I have pitiful soil so I planted it where the compost bin used to be. I had hoped it would have enough nutrient there, but they might not be getting enough sun. Can they survive with only half a day's sun (5+ hours)?
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I love looking at the photos here. It feels like being in Ilocos, that's the province where garlic is a chief crop. They would hang the harvested garlic by the side of their houses for drying. And when you go to their place, expect a send off gift of garlic. But the garlic there are the small ones with strong potency compared to the large ones.