From: T@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 10/12/25 6:14 AM, songbird wrote:   
   > T wrote:   
   >> Hi All,   
   >>   
   >> I go my garlic bed cleared out and replaced with organic   
   >> local top soil.  And I got my garlic in.  I watered   
   >> them in but good.   
   >>   
   >> Question:  How often should I be watering them through   
   >> the winter with this cold weather?   
   >   
   >    it depends upon how much rains/snows you get and   
   > if it gets dry otherwise.  pretty much just don't let   
   > it dry out completely, but that should be a challenge   
   > if it is planted deeply enough and the soil holds some   
   > moisture.  you don't want it to rot and you don't want   
   > it to go bone dry down deep enough that the roots die   
   > off and they have to regrow for spring.   
   >   
   >    if you watered them in that might be enough until   
   > spring - it just depends upon what you get for rains   
   > and snow cover.   
   >   
   >   
   >    songbird   
      
   I shuck them in about two to three inches.  The new   
   top soil seems to stay moist.   
      
   Okay, and I must resist fertilizing them too?   
      
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