From: cshenk@virginia-beach.com   
      
   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 .   
      
   I just buy green onions as needed and grow them in a container.  Once   
   root bound (takes about 5 yeats, refresh the pot and start over.  You   
   only need to seed it first 2 years, next 3 are free.   
      
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