Slippy (02-25-2017),Xerographica (02-23-2017)
Baglady You didn't say why the garlic was a failure. Did it rot, just not grow large enough? Garlic planted in the fall does a lot better than spring garlic. Raised beds are also a lot better with good soil. I use thin plastic roll mulch which help control weeds. I also us a piece of wood lattice to space my garlic. When planting I add a small amount of organic fertilizer in the hole before planting. I don't know it wouldn't grow in NE Ohio I'm in SE Ohio and it does well. Might also be the kind of garlic.
Baglady (02-12-2017)
Yup I was always taught to plant garlic in the fall. I've been growing the same strain for 26 years. Some tricks are if you harvest the scapes before they seed the cloves will grow bigger. I always let a couple of the biggest garlic plants go to flower so I have seed for fall.
They say if you plant the clove in the fall instead of the seed you will get even bigger garlic cloves. Although I have no proof of that yet.... I did do this last fall for the first time so I will see how that goes.
Last edited by hawgrider; 02-12-2017 at 08:27 AM.
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Baglady (02-12-2017),Broncosfan (02-12-2017),hag (02-13-2017),slewfoot (05-10-2017),Slippy (02-25-2017)
Hawgrider Good information. I forgot about cutting the scapes which I always do. I dried them this year for another spice. I have never saved garlic seed only planted cloves. I also think garlic does better if you purchase you stock cloves local instead of mail order from another part of the country. I have seen a difference in mail order and local. I also think it adapts to your conditions if you save you own to replant.
I had this same garlic given to me by an old neighbor 26 or so years ago been growing it since.
He always said eat whats in the ground and plant whats on top. I've done that ever since. But I read an article a while back that said you can also like you do plant the cloves. I did both seed and clove last fall so the race is on.
Last edited by hawgrider; 02-12-2017 at 02:59 PM.
"The clever cat eats cheese and breathes down rat holes with baited breath." W. C. Fields
Baglady (02-12-2017)
I planted about 3 cloves in a large flower pot. I don't recall what time of year, but I left it alone for around 9 months or more. The leaves came up and grew tall, but when I pulled one out, there was no bulb of garlic. Just the clove I had planted.
Where were you living in the NE part of Ohio?
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Baglady, the picture will have to wait until next week. I didn't get it finished. Oh well, next weekend is a 3 day weekend for me.
Baglady (02-12-2017)