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|    Bob F to Snag    |
|    Re: garlic for planting?    |
|    08 Oct 24 21:26:47    |
      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 .              https://filareefarm.com/              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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