Re: garlic
- To: m*@pacific.net, m*@ucdavis.edu
- Subject: Re: garlic
- From: B* S*
- Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 13:14:56 -0700
Madelin--do you plant the entire head? Cut it off the stalk
with the stem end down and stick it in the ground?
Barbara
On Tue, 13 Jun 2000 12:44:09 -0700
Madelin Holtkamp <madelin@pacific.net> wrote:
> I call this kind of garlic top-setting garlic or walking
> garlic. If you
> plant the seed heads at the top now, they will grow into
> good sized heads
> by next June, maybe earlier if you live in a warmer
> winter climate. I grow
> lost of this and give many away. The bottom would have
> been mature when
> the seeds matured and the foliage dries down. A family
> favorite!
>
> Madelin
>
>
>
> At 08:13 PM 06/12/2000 +0900, you wrote:
> >Last fall I planted five garlic cloves which were
> sprouting. All of them
> >grew flower stalks which has never happened in the past
> when I've grown
> >garlic. I pulled all of them and the flower head on top
> is starting to open
> >and has many seeds(?) which look like mini garlic bulbs.
> >
> >Would these develop into heads if planted? How long
> would it take? Would
> >they have opened as flowers had I left the plants in the
> ground?
> >
> >Barbara
> >
> >
> >
>
