[Market-farming] planting garlic
Shawnee Flowerfarmer
farmingflowers at hotmail.com
Tue Sep 16 22:00:22 EDT 2008
I also mulch all alliums as heavily as I can as soon as they are planted. None of them compete well with weeds, and the even moisture/temperature level under the mulch is worth the extra labor/expense at harvest time. I set the cloves by Halloween usually-occasionally as late as the first week of November in Northern Illinois-3 or 4 inches apart because I will pull every other plant in the spring for garlic scallions. The beds are mulched with 8-12 inches spoiled straw. I confess to having to buy a few pounds of new sets every season because I can't properly discipline my appetite for home grown, organic garlic, so fresh that it sings when I slice it. Shawnee, zone 5 more or less.> To: market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org> Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 10:06:22 -0400> From: tonitime at juno.com> Subject: Re: [Market-farming] planting garlic> > I've experimented with mulching - and not , and found those varieties> kept tucked in have done better here. Also, since the crop is in the> ground so long, mulching does two things - keeps the alliums weed-free> and keeps the good topsoil on the beds from either compacting or washing> away in heavy rainfall.> I grow on many raised berm-style beds.> ____________________________________________________________> Need cash? Click to get a cash advance.> http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/Ioyw6i3mKetBPBAcXcgGUw10HHU6c7teOJFldNAlGt1zSu7lufWbL2/> _______________________________________________> Market-farming mailing list> Market-farming at lists.ibiblio.org> http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming>
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