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   T to songbird   
   Re: Review: bogatyr garlic   
   10 May 19 13:13:48   
   
   From: T@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 5/10/19 12:10 PM, songbird wrote:   
   > T wrote:   
   > ...   
   >> And we had an early hot spell, worse than last year,   
   >> and they are still going strong!   
   >>   
   >> I am so looking forward to "Better have your fire extinguisher   
   >> ready -- if you like hot garlic, you'll love this one's slow   
   >> start and building heat"   
   >   
   >    if it gets too dry make sure they get some   
   > water once in a while.  you don't want them   
   > to dry out too early, but then once you see   
   > signs they are finishing up you can stop   
   > watering as then you do want them to dry out.  :)   
      
   I am being real careful to water them.  My onion   
   seeds show sign of sprouting too, so I am   
   making sure hey are watered   
      
   >   
   >    the garlic i've been growing for a long   
   > time has no issues with cold weather through   
   > the winter.  we get well below freezing and   
   > the ground freezes solid down a few feet.   
      
   Mine always loved the cold.  What made mine fail   
   every year was a sudden warm spell.  And I did water   
   them.   I just had the wrong variety   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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