Re: Weather and Garden stuff

I wonder if you refrigerate it for a month or two before cooler
temperatures would produce more.  I love garlic greens in things...very
subtle.  The reason I suggest the refrigeration is that it works here for
tulips.  In our area, tulips act more like annuals.  I find that if you
refrigerate for several months and plant deeper, they seem to last a bit
longer.


> [Original Message]
> From: james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net>
> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 10/18/2006 4:11:51 PM
> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Weather and Garden stuff
>
> Thanks, Bonnie. Don't know why I asked, actually. Never been able to 
> grow garlic here past the greens stage [which make nice salad garnish 
> but not much else]. Can't seem to grow onions, either. Alas.
>
> On Oct 18, 2006, at 3:12 PM, Bonnie Holmes wrote:
>
> > Here's a quick answer from Seeds of Change.  The softneck grows and 
> > stores
> > better in the hot and humid South so I like to use it.  I have braided
> > softneck and hung it in the kitchen where I use it daily.  Most of the
> > time, it lasts until my next crop.  The hardneck does not.  Also, I 
> > have
> > found that if you harvest the garlic just as the leaves bend to the 
> > ground
> > and before they turn brown, the garlic seems to last longer.
> >
> > From Seeds of Change:
> > Hardneck varieties: Large easy-peeling cloves form around a stiff woody
> > stem. Rich aromatic flavor is not too spicy. Once the garlic begins to 
> > grow
> > the curling tops can be removed for a culinary treat and to increase
> > production. These are the preferred garlics for more northern climates.
> > Typically can be stored 3 to 6 months.
> >
> > Softneck varieties: Otherwise known as braiding garlics, these 
> > varieties do
> > not produce a flower spike. They are more productive and adaptable to
> > warmer climates than the hardneck type and generally have a spicier 
> > flavor.
> > Softnecks can be stored for a year or more under proper conditions.
> >
> >
> >> [Original Message]
> >> From: james singer <islandjim1@verizon.net>
> >> To: <gardenchat@hort.net>
> >> Date: 10/17/2006 6:43:01 PM
> >> Subject: Re: [CHAT] Weather and Garden stuff
> >>
> >> Bonnie, what's the difference between "hard neck" and "soft neck"
> >> garlic? I'm unfamiliar with the terms [even after reading Stanley
> >> Crawford's "Garlic Testament"].
> >>
> >> On Oct 17, 2006, at 1:30 PM, Bonnie Holmes wrote:
> >>
> >>> At last, we picked up a sycamore that we bought last spring and got 
> >>> it
> >>> and a river birch (Betula nigra) planted just in time to catch some 
> >>> of
> >>> the rain that is now coming our way. The spot for the sycamore was 
> >>> hard
> >>> digging but we wanted to get it on the river bank. I love having a 
> >>> nice
> >>> soaking rain after planting. Also, got my softneck garlic, Chilean
> >>> Silver and Lorz Italian, and one hardneck, Persian Star, in. This 
> >>> year,
> >>> I decided to plant them near the raspberry bed since the garlic is
> >>> supposed to keep down Japanese Beetles.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> While cleaning out the veggie bed for the garlic, I harvested the 
> >>> last
> >>> of green beans and included them in a chicken pot pie for supper. I
> >>> also
> >>> have some raspberries continuing to ripen...not that sweet since the
> >>> temperatures have been lower.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Hope those with flooding are seeing the ground now and no one has 
> >>> been
> >>> impacted by the tornadoes.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Bonnie Zone 7/7 ETN
> >>> Remember: The River Raisin, The Alamo, The Maine, Pearl Harbor, 9/11
> >>>
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> >> Island Jim
> >> Southwest Florida
> >> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> >> Hardiness Zone 10
> >> Heat Zone 10
> >> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> >> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
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> Island Jim
> Southwest Florida
> 27.0 N, 82.4 W
> Hardiness Zone 10
> Heat Zone 10
> Minimum 30 F [-1 C]
> Maximum 100 F [38 C]
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