From: songbird@anthive.com   
      
   fos@sdf.org wrote:   
   ...   
   > this year same thing except i did some braining and cut BELOW the nodes.   
   > lol. and used fresh sterile rooting medium. your mention of trimming   
   > off the leaves got me thinking again. i just went and re-read the info on   
   > growing from cuttings on several .edu sites and a couple mentioned   
   > trimming leaves in half but not removing them besides what goes into   
   > the soil. on soft wood cuttings anyway, seems there'd want to be some   
   > photosynthesis happening to help to shoots root. the leaves were left   
   > whole but today i'm going to trim them in half per the docs.   
      
     yes, you do not remove all leaves, but some, it really   
   does depend upon the plant too as some are more easily   
   done than others.  you learn by experience but also look   
   things up and go from there.   
      
      
   > process seems to be working this year, several of the cuttings give a   
   > bit of resistance when tugged on. :)   
      
     :)  good deal!  :)  i go by watching and seeing if there   
   is any new growth.  once i see new growth then i transition   
   to their more natural future setting environment so that when   
   they are transplanted they've got a chance to survive.  after   
   transplanting they need to be kept watered enough for some   
   time (again i go by when i see new growth as to how well the   
   plant might be doing).   
      
      
   > ob edible:   
   >   
   > first harvest out of the vegetable garden last week. scapes off about   
   > 110 garlic plants. cut them up in several inch long pieces, flash froze   
   > on cookie sheets, and stored in a large zipper bag to be used mainly on   
   > salads and occasionally for pesto. yummy.   
      
     i'm seeing some peas and beans and snacked on a few pods   
   today.  :)   
      
     i always have enough demand for garlic starts that i leave   
   all the scapes alone.  in the kind of garlic i grow the scapes   
   can be large enough to be worth eating or using to start new   
   bulbs.  i have some from the garlic i harvested last season   
   which look pretty good considering how long they've been in   
   storage.  they'll get used up eventually for cooking.  garlic   
   is yum indeed and i also like green garlic but have found out   
   i'm usually too busy to deal with it so i didn't plant any   
   this past year for harvest this year.   
      
      
     songbird   
      
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