Re: Garden report from MD
** Reply to message from Margaret Lauterbach <melauter@earthlink.net> on Sun,
12 May 2002 11:42:41 -0600
> You don't have much to lose here, but were I you, I'd dig that garlic,
> separate the cloves and replant them. Each clove will make a head. If you
> plant and grow the whole head, unseparated, you'll likely get some very
> small heads. All alliums cease growing when their leaves (hollow or not)
> turn brown.
ARGH! I will have to run out there once this rain has stopped. (Honestly, the
picture on the package showed the entire head being planted).
I have right now, 4 garlic heads in a 1x1 square -- how is the spacing for the
individual cloves?
> I hope you won't be offended, but I suspect you're a very new gardener.
This is my second year of gardening, if you want to count the year we had a
garden and I supervised my dogs, while my husband did all the work. We've only
done onions before -- so we're new with shallots and garlic.
The shallots are sprouting -- they too were buried. The planting directions
for the shallot sets said to plant 2 inches deep.
And let me just say, thank you for taking the time to get me on the right track.
Lesley
Twiggy isn't my dog, I'm her human.
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