From: bobnospam@gmail.com   
      
   On 10/6/2024 3:42 PM, Snag wrote:   
   > On 10/6/2024 3:37 PM, Carol wrote:   
   >> Snag wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> On 10/2/2024 7:55 PM, T wrote:   
   >>>> On 10/2/24 07:11, Snag wrote:   
   >>>>> On 10/2/2024 6:44 AM, T wrote:   
   >>>>>> Hi All,   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Anyone have a favorite place to purchase garlic for   
   >>>>>> planting?  Some place the does not want $$$$$$   
   >>>>>> for them   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> Many thanks,   
   >>>>>> -T   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>     Walmart , in the produce section . Relatively cheap , so buy   
   >>>>> plenty  . You only want to plant the biggest cloves . Big cloves   
   >>>>> = big bulbs .   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I love it!  I was thinking along the same lines.   
   >>>   
   >>>   My wife has taught me to be frugal* ... the bulbs you don't plant   
   >>> you make spaghetti with .   
   >>>   
   >>>   *and it only took her 50 years !   
   >>   
   >> So just plant 1 clove from the bulb?   
   >   
   >    Yes , each clove will grow a bulb . The bigger clove/bigger bulb   
   > thing is true , seen it in my own garden . I just hadda try it ...   
   >   
   >>   
   >> For green onions, just the grocery store and plant the bottom (with an   
   >> inch or so of green) and will come up for 5-6 years, snip tops as you   
   >> go along.   
   >>   
   >   
   >    I buy bulbs from the farm store in the spring/early summer and store   
   > them in a drawer in the fridge . I've had some viable after a year ...   
   > maybe 35%-45% grew . Try planting your green onions in a largish pot   
   > (think maybe sapling size) out on your deck/porch etc . Pluck one and   
   > stick another bulb from the fridge in the hole - or the root end (1/4   
   > inch) of the one you just pulled . Get a rotation going and you'll have   
   > fresh green onions forever . I get lazy/busy and let the rotation die   
   > out and then have to start all over .   
      
   There are less chances of infected bulbs if you buy "seed garlic" from   
   proper sources, There are also many different varieties to explore, and   
   there are probably varieties that grow better in your climate than what   
   you get at the grocery. But, the grocery store can work great to get   
   started.   
      
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