Re: Winter
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  • Subject: Re: Winter
  • From: P* E* <g*@gmail.com>
  • Date: Sat, 5 Dec 2009 16:27:54 -0600
we plant garlic here in late fall - harvest in July or August when the tops
start to die back.

On 12/5/09, Patricia Dickson <pdickson@sbcglobal.net> wrote:
>
> I think you should plant now too! You never know what our weather will
> be here in Oklahoma. I thought the garlic man from Tulsa planted garlic
> in December!
>
>
> Sent from my iPhone Patricia Dickson
>
> On Dec 5, 2009, at 11:34 AM, Catharine Carpenter <cathycrc@comcast.net>
> wrote:
>
> I would give it a try... or plant it in late March, in which case, you
> would probably harvest later. If I were you, I'd hedge my bets - plant
> half now, half in early spring and see what happens!
>
> Cathy, west central IL, z5b
>
> On Dec 4, 2009, at 4:36 PM, Jesse Bell wrote:
>
> So for my zone (6) is it too late to plant it?
>
>
> On 12/4/09, Catharine Carpenter <cathycrc@comcast.net> wrote:
> There are two types of garlic, soft neck (which can be braided to store)
> and
> hard neck (with a very rigid central shoot). Hard neck is hardier through
> my
> winters, but does not "keep" as well as soft neck once harvested. I plant
> the cloves in the early-mid fall. Sometimes green shoots appear, sometimes
> not. (Any shoots generally last through the winter for me.) The next
> summer,
> I harvest my garlic when about half of the leaves have turned yellow,
> usually July/August for me. Any longer, and the bulbs may start to rot.
> Cathy, west central IL, z5b
>
>
> On Dec 4, 2009, at 1:57 PM, Jesse Bell wrote:
>
> Bonnie (and any other garlic experts out there....).  When do you
> harvest your garlic?  I have the perfect place for some, but not sure
> when to dig them up?
>
>
> On 12/4/09, BONNIE_HOLMES <bonnie_holmes@comcast.net> wrote:
>
> Winter is slow to come to us in ETN. Last week, we still had plants
> trying to bloosom again. This week we had a hard frost so more and more
> is going into dormancy. Snow is definitely forecast for the Smoky
> Mountains, an hour away. We may get some flurries. So, this morning I
> got out the garlic bulbs and got them in a raised bed: six of Kettle
> River Giant; three of Chilean Silver; and three of Inchelium Red. All of
> the bulbs had lots of cloves so I filled up one of my five raised veggie
> beds. All my decidious holly look great, as well as the oak-leaf
> hydrangae, red twig dogwood, and Natchez crepe myrtle. Since we don't
> get much snow, I have tried to put some color interest in my gardens.
>
>
>
> Thanks for the dehydrator info. I may try to work up a batch of figs
> next year.
>
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Pam Evans
Kemp TX
zone 8A

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