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   T to Terry Coombs   
   Re: Preserving garlic for replanting?   
   20 Jun 19 14:08:24   
   
   From: T@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 6/20/19 1:08 PM, Terry Coombs wrote:   
   > On 6/20/2019 2:37 PM, T wrote:   
   >> Hi All,   
   >>   
   >> After harvesting my garlic, is there any trick to preserving   
   >> what I want to replant in the fall.  Usually it get all dried   
   >> out and dies on me by then.  Put it in the refrigerator?   
   >>   
   >> Many thanks,   
   >> -T   
   >    
   >    I stored the garlic I grew in the garden in a bowl on the table ...    
   > after properly curing it (strung and hung for a couple of months IIRC) .    
   > It stayed good enough to use (or plant) for close to 2 years . BTW , I   
   > planted cloves from some Walmart garlic , came out swell . Use the    
   > biggest cloves for the biggest bulbs .   
   >    
      
   I lay mine on a wire rack.  How to you do yours?   
      
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