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   Message 40,367 of 40,484   
   Carol to Snag   
   Re: garlic for planting?   
   06 Oct 24 20:37:08   
   
   From: cshenk@virginia-beach.com   
      
   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?   
      
   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.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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