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Mother of Pearl Garlic

Last post by bower « Sun Sep 26, 2021 8:37 pm
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by Dee » Thu Sep 16, 2021 2:16 pm

I received some garlic bulbils today, and one variety was new to me: Mother of Pearl. Once I looked it up, I was a bit surprised it was sent, as it's a softneck variety and I...

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Last post by bower
Sun Sep 26, 2021 8:37 pm
Neck rot of garlic

Last post by bower « Tue Aug 17, 2021 11:00 am
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by svalli » Tue Aug 17, 2021 8:38 am

This is my eighth season to harvest garlic and still I am learning something new. I have seen these sunken areas on stems also during previous years while cleaning the garlic...

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Last post by bower
Tue Aug 17, 2021 11:00 am
Never got my garlic in the ground

Last post by wykvlvr « Tue Aug 10, 2021 10:25 pm
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by Sue_CT » Fri Jan 29, 2021 12:02 pm
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I bought seed garlic last fall, but never got it in the ground. It is hard neck garlic grown locally, and I read online that it only needs about 3 weeks of mild cool weather,...
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Last post by wykvlvr
Tue Aug 10, 2021 10:25 pm
Fun, I have garlic! (Oh crap, now what?)

Last post by bower « Wed Nov 11, 2020 9:30 pm
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by KathyDC » Tue Sep 22, 2020 9:20 am
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After seeing GoDawgs post about adventures-with-garlic, on a whim a few months ago I preordered some bulbs from Keene. I just got a ship notice, which is very exciting! But...
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Last post by bower
Wed Nov 11, 2020 9:30 pm
garlic bulbils, and catawissa topsets offer

Last post by ponyexpress « Tue Sep 29, 2020 6:20 am
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by rxkeith » Mon Sep 21, 2020 8:28 pm

i thought about posting this on seed swap site, but bulbils, and topsets aren't seeds,
so i dunno. anyway here is what i have to offer, and you can move the post wherever
it...

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Last post by ponyexpress
Tue Sep 29, 2020 6:20 am
Seed garlic in short supply - order now if you want it this year

Last post by Paquebot « Mon Sep 14, 2020 8:58 pm
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by zendog » Sat Sep 05, 2020 7:14 pm

I just ordered some garlic from Filaree Farms and noticed they were out of stock on a lot of varieties already. Looks like other vendors are already completely out. I guess...

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Last post by Paquebot
Mon Sep 14, 2020 8:58 pm
Garlic 2020

Last post by bower « Thu Aug 06, 2020 7:49 am
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by svalli » Sun Apr 12, 2020 2:30 am
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How is everyone's garlic beds looking this year? I went to check mine yesterday and raked off the leaves, which were used as winter cover. The ground is still frozen and...
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Last post by bower
Thu Aug 06, 2020 7:49 am
Garlic markers

Last post by Whwoz « Wed Jul 29, 2020 6:47 am
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by ponyexpress » Sat Jul 25, 2020 1:32 am

I grow around twelve different varieties of garlic. For those growing multiple varieties, how do you distinguish your plants apart?

I have been using large craft or popsicle...

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Last post by Whwoz
Wed Jul 29, 2020 6:47 am
garlic 2020

Last post by bower « Thu Jul 23, 2020 8:06 pm
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by JRinPA » Sat Jul 11, 2020 10:41 pm
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My garlic got a little bit forgotten with this hot and dry wave we have here until last week. It rained about an inch last week, and I realized a couple days back that I...
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Last post by bower
Thu Jul 23, 2020 8:06 pm
Garlic Is In

Last post by bjbebs « Fri Jul 10, 2020 6:53 am
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by bjbebs » Mon Jul 06, 2020 7:49 am

Just dug this years garlic. Have had a good stretch of dry weather with temps in the 90's. Could have gone another 5 days but didn't want to risk a pop up shower. The garlic...

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Last post by bjbebs
Fri Jul 10, 2020 6:53 am
First Garlic Harvest

Last post by bower « Tue Jul 07, 2020 5:26 pm
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by JohnJones » Fri Jun 05, 2020 6:47 pm
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I love garlic in all it's forms, but I had never grown it before I planted a number of old grocery store bought cloves from various sources just to see what happened. Had no...
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Last post by bower
Tue Jul 07, 2020 5:26 pm
Growing rounds

Last post by bower « Mon Jul 06, 2020 5:11 am
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by svalli » Mon Apr 20, 2020 12:32 am

Three weeks ago I planted to containers the small rounds grown from bulbils which Bower sent me 2018. Last fall I planted the biggest rounds of same varieties directly to the...

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Last post by bower
Mon Jul 06, 2020 5:11 am
Harvesting Scapes - pulling vs cutting

Last post by Whwoz « Wed Jul 01, 2020 7:15 am
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by ponyexpress » Mon Jun 08, 2020 2:57 pm
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My scapes are starting to come in. I'm trying a new technique this year . Supposedly this gives you more of the tasty portion of the scape.

Is anyone else doing this?
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Last post by Whwoz
Wed Jul 01, 2020 7:15 am
garlic misses and runts

Last post by bower « Wed Jul 01, 2020 6:49 am

by bower » Wed Jul 01, 2020 6:49 am

A few weeks ago I was musing about the 'misses' in my garlic bed. Not that there were a lot, but those empty spaces always leave me wondering what went wrong. This year the...

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Last post by bower
Wed Jul 01, 2020 6:49 am
harvest time for softneck vs hardneck

Last post by bower « Tue Jun 30, 2020 3:03 pm
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by bower » Tue Jun 30, 2020 7:16 am

It has been a few years since I grew any softneck, so I scrolled back through my pictures to see if there was any harvest date. I was shocked to see my New York White with...

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Last post by bower
Tue Jun 30, 2020 3:03 pm
Clove orientation affects blade direction

Last post by Whwoz « Wed Jun 03, 2020 11:16 pm
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by ponyexpress » Wed Jun 03, 2020 6:25 am

I came across the Tomatoville forums recently and in the Alliums sub-forum, there was a post from someone explaining that the orientation of the garlic clove at planting time...

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Last post by Whwoz
Wed Jun 03, 2020 11:16 pm
Forgotten garlic patch

Last post by WoodSprite « Fri May 01, 2020 1:25 am
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by Dicthamus » Sun Apr 26, 2020 12:01 pm

Last year, I forgot to harvest one section of a garlic bed. About 20 plants. Now, I see a patch of very happy garlic, leaves are over a foot long, looks really healthy....

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Last post by WoodSprite
Fri May 01, 2020 1:25 am
clump of elephant garlic

Last post by Growing Coastal « Thu Apr 30, 2020 10:40 am
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by habitat-gardener » Fri Apr 24, 2020 7:46 pm

I've been working on a new community garden plot. A few months ago, I noticed a plant that didn't look like a weed, and I left it alone. This past week, after my partner...

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Last post by Growing Coastal
Thu Apr 30, 2020 10:40 am
Beautiful Garlic

Last post by MissS « Tue Mar 24, 2020 11:52 am
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by pmcgrady » Mon Dec 16, 2019 8:09 am
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Had some nice bulbs last year, seems like they get bigger every year
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Last post by MissS
Tue Mar 24, 2020 11:52 am

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