Posted by Gary Woods on May 6, 2010, 12:23 pm
> So, should I still plant garlic in the fall here? If not, when? If
>so, how? Thank you for any help.
Where are you, in general terms?
Sounds like garlic should be fall planted, perhaps with a few inches of
mulch on top, preferably after the ground starts to freeze, just to
minimize the freeze/thaw thing.
Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
Zone 5/4 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G
Posted by Boron Elgar on May 6, 2010, 12:53 pm
On Thu, 06 May 2010 09:29:47 -0700, Ranée at Arabian Knits
>> Ranee, here in northern NJ, zone 7, we plant in the fall. We do not
>> generally get down to -20 in the winter
> As I understand it, that usually happens a few days to a week in
>January, though we missed out on it this past winter, thank God.
>However, the weather is cold enough that though it only snows a few
>times in the late fall and then a few times in the winter, that it stays
>on the ground quite a while because of drifts and the temperatures. We
>were fortunate to have a "mild" winter this past year, where we had very
>little snow and the lowest temperatures were only between -2 and -5.
>We're planning how we can put a giant glass dome over our nearly three
>acres with a sliding door that our vehicles can go through to get
>through next winter.
>> Generally, in colder climates, one plants in the fall, about a month
>> before the usual solid ground freeze/a couple of weeks after your
>> first hard frost.
> Okay, so if I plant in late September or early October, we ought to
>be okay. I may plant it four inches down instead of two, though.
I do not think it will hurt, but some sites recommend 3" for colder
places.. We usually mulch the garlic bed with a nice thick layer of
shredded fall leaves.
>> We have found it one of the easiest crops to grow and one that offers
>> a triple bounty - scapes in the spring, fresh bulbs in mid summer and
>> dried bulbs for storage and use later on.
> We've used the garlic and garlic greens, but I don't think we've used
>scapes, unless those are just another name for the greens.
The scapes arise in late spring and look like curly pigtails. They are
the flower stalk, but oh, so yummy. Granted, they come up on
hard-necked only, but I assumed that is what you'd be planting in the
deep freeze. My bad.
>> It is only recently that we have been using the fresh bulbs in cooking
>> right after harvest and have found them terrific.
> Well, I hope we will be able to try that next summer. :-) We'll be
>buying our garlic from the farmers' market again this year
I am a big supporter of local ag and love to wander the markets.
Boron
Posted by rossr35253 on May 6, 2010, 4:45 pm
On Thu, 06 May 2010 08:47:42 -0700, Ranée at Arabian Knits
> We used to live in a warmer place that got frosts, but few, if any,
>real hard freezes (it was rare that we saw them). We planted garlic in
>the fall there. We moved to a place that can see temperatures as low as
>-20 in the depths of winter and has frozen ground through the winter
>(tubers don't stay in the ground and spring up when it warms up here,
>they rot). We have bulbs that can stay in the ground, though I've heard
>they are supposed to be planted deeper than normal.
> So, should I still plant garlic in the fall here? If not, when? If
>so, how? Thank you for any help.
>Regards,
>Ranee @ Arabian Knits
Ranee,
It sounds like your weather is quite similar to ours. The past winter
was much milder than normal here as well.
We normally plant our garlic the last week of October, about 3 inches
deep and mulch with about 4 inches of shredded leaves. Last year it
was planted Oct. 29, 19 different varieties for a total of about 160
ft. of row.
We've never had problems with over-wintering, even in the severest of
winters and right now some of our varieties are well over a foot tall.
Ross.
Southern Ontario, Canada.
AgCanada Zone 5b
43º 17' 26.75" North
80º 13' 29.46" West
Posted by Bob F on May 17, 2010, 2:22 am
Ranée at Arabian Knits wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> So, should I still plant garlic in the fall here? If not, when?
>>> If so, how? Thank you for any help.
>>
>> Where are you, in general terms?
>> Sounds like garlic should be fall planted, perhaps with a few inches
>> of mulch on top, preferably after the ground starts to freeze, just
>> to minimize the freeze/thaw thing.
> We are either in USDA zone 5b or 6a, I can't tell quite. We live in
> central/eastern Washington state, in the desert part.
These are the people for you to ask. They are s garlic source near you.
http://www.filareefarm.com/
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>so, how? Thank you for any help.