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Re: Garlic issue

Helen,

Let it go until late summer and then dig it up and use it fresh.  Garlic
damaged this late in the season will rarely mature well.

There are two problems with using grocery store garlic:

1.  The variety will be California Early. Period.  That's all they sell
in a grocery store.  There are hundreds of garlic varieties, many of
them much better for a cold-winter climate, than C/E.  A local farmer's
market may have someone selling more varieties to choose from.

2.  The best seed bulbs are not sold as food.  And they are not
certified disease-free, so there is some tiny element of risk. 

Steve  (Maritime...)


HWGunnar@aol.com wrote:
> 
> Since we've been speaking of onion harvesting, I have a related garlic Q.  Our
> dog stepped on a nice garlic plant with her large dog paws and broke the stem
> most of the way, but apparently not completely, since the broken part is still
> green and appears alive.  However, another stem has since sprouted.  Should I
> dig this garlic plant up, or leave it in the ground until September or
> October?  I live in Zone 5, by the way.  I've never grown garlic before; last
> October I separated a couple of heads bought on sale at the supermarket into
> cloves and planted them all over.  They all appear quite healthy.  Also, is
> there any reason not to do what I did--buying garlic @ the supermarket @
> .10/head to plant, versus buying it from seed companies?
> 
> Helen
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