[Homestead] Garlic

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Fri Jul 11 15:11:25 EDT 2008


We use tulle for storage. It's a netting fabric you can 
get for about 67 cents a yard. During my last purchase the 
fabric store lady asked if I was sewing a wedding dress 
and I answered "Several--for my onions!!" --Sage

On Thu, 10 Jul 2008 20:35:05 -0500
  Gene GeRue <genegerue at ruralize.com> wrote:
> 
> On Jul 10, 2008, at 7:51 PM, Robert Walton wrote:
> 
>> I put the garlic out on an old piece of plywood to dry 
>>off and then
>> the plan is to brush dirt off and tie in bunches to 
>>hang. What's the
>> best way to get it through the rest of summer, then fall 
>>and winter?
> 
> Ideal garlic keeping conditions are temperature in low 
>thirties, fifty  
> to seventy percent relative humidity and some air 
>movement.
> 
>Few of us can achieve that. So get as close as you 
>can--as cool as  
> possible but not freezing and enough air movement to 
>avoid mold.  
> Curing well before storage also helps prevent mold.
> 
> Do not put in plastic bags. You want air movement 
>through the bulbs. I  
> tie ten to twelve stalks together and hang them above my 
>head.
> 
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