From: T@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 5/11/19 5:21 AM, songbird wrote:   
   > T wrote:   
   > ...   
   >> 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   
   >   
   >    hope they do well for you this year!  :)   
   >   
   >    i sent some back with my sister for her   
   > to put on her land year ago and she says the   
   > clump they planted is still there, but only   
   > recently is someone there who gardens and   
   > takes care of things so i will be interested   
   > to see if he can get it to become larger   
   > cloves again or not.   
   >   
   >    here i can get some of the single cloves to   
   > reach the size of my thumb or bigger.  if you   
   > don't have good soil and enough water and don't   
   > divide the cloves up and give them space they'll   
   > still grow but may not get big.  when i replant   
   > i always use the largest cloves from several   
   > bulbs.  this year i expect i won't have any   
   > left as i have requests from people to send them   
   > some so they can plant it out.   
   >   
   >    i let the scapes grow out on the bigger plants   
   > because even they will get big enough to be worth   
   > eating, but this year i'll keep them all to pass   
   > along.  they were my most popular item at the seed   
   > swap even if the time was wrong for planting them.   
   >   
   >   
   >    songbird   
   >   
      
      
   I always plant the largest cloves too.   
      
   Garlic is proof that God loves us, not beer   
      
   :-)   
      
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