From: T@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 6/20/19 5:52 PM, songbird wrote:   
   > T wrote:   
   >> T wrote:   
   > ...   
   >>> That would be my favorite way.  Will the   
   >>> mature plants make it through the ice   
   >>> and snow?  I know bulbs in the ground will.   
   >>   
   >> Just don't water them until the spring?   
   >    
   >    spring bulbs will send out roots the   
   > previous season as soon as they can get   
   > going.  if it is dry they will wait for   
   > the rains.   
   >    
   >    here they may start actively growing   
   > any chance they get in the winter but   
   > even if they don't when the spring comes   
   > around and the warmer weather and some   
   > rains they'll come up and start growing.   
   >    
   >    you mention that you are waiting for   
   > all the leaves to die back before lifting   
   > the garlic, but you shouldn't let it go   
   > that long as the tunics (wrappings around   
   > the bulb) may not be in the best condition   
   > if you wait that long.  you should instead   
   > lift it when about half the leaves are   
   > going brown and finish curing it above   
   > ground.   
   >    
   >    my garlic here isn't even close to being   
   > done yet, not much sun and too much rain   
   > i don't think there are scapes yet or they   
   > may just now be starting to form.   
   >    
   >    in the clay here i have to lift them   
   > or the tunics get discolored.   
   >    
   >    i have however, many places where garlic   
   > just grows and i don't touch it at all.   
   > so in case my main plantings go bad i have   
   > a backup source to start over again.  it's   
   > also what i did up and eat when i want   
   > some green garlic.   
   >    
   >    
   >    songbird   
   >    
      
   Thank you!   
      
   About 1/5 of the leaves have started to die out.  I will   
   check at 1/2!   
      
   They already went to scapes, which I am currently munching on.   
      
   Is scaping any indicator?   
      
   How about onions?  Wait for the leave to all die or half die?   
      
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