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   T to songbird   
   Re: garlic question   
   31 Oct 20 13:42:40   
   
   From: T@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 2020-10-31 10:29, songbird wrote:   
   > Frank wrote:   
   > ...   
   >> These were just grocery store bought for eating.  Doubt that info would   
   >> be available.   
   >   
   >    likely a softneck garlic then.  no idea how cold hardy   
   > those might be planted in a pot, but you are far enough   
   > south that perhaps they'll be ok.   
   >   
   >   
   >    songbird   
   >   
      
   Maybe.  We grow garlic out here on commercial farms. And   
   a lot for seeds too.   Trying to figure out what variety   
   they are is TOP SECRET.  The only thing I can tell you   
   about them is that they are soft neck.   
      
   I have a feral bin just for such silliness.  I planted   
   green onion onions stubs from the grocery store and   
   two years later they are still going at it!  At   
   Songbird's direction, I even collected seeds to try   
   to grow them legitimately this years.   
      
   I have some garlic in the feral bin that is three   
   years old.  What a mess.  Looks like grass growing   
   at this point.  Grass shoots that taste like garlic.   
   Hmmmm..... Maybe I pick those???   
      
   Commercial growers are not going to choose things   
   that are hard to grow.   
      
   So basically what Songbird said.  Give it a try!  Love   
   to hear back on the results.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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