Re: Garden report from MD
>
>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?
Plant cloves about 4 inches apart each way. You can dig your garlic in
late summer when the leaves turn yellow, and if you like, immediately
replant some cloves for next year.
> > 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.
That's baloney. You're lucky they're sprouting. Use your finger to gently
push soil away from the tops of the cloves. Did you separate them into
cloves? I hope you did.
>And let me just say, thank you for taking the time to get me on the right
>track.
>
>Lesley
That's all right. There's a new book out that's very helpful to new
gardeners, and the price is right. It's called "Weedless Gardening" by Lee
Reich. Cost is $8.95 U.S. I recently reviewed it for my garden
column. My column is online, but it's written for my area (southwest
Idaho), and our growing conditions are quite different from yours. Margaret L
>Twiggy isn't my dog, I'm her human.
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