From: T@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 10/6/24 16:32, Bob F wrote:   
   > 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.   
      
      
   I can't handle th e 24 U$D plus shipping any more,   
   especially with my bad track record of growing   
   garlic.   
      
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