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  • From: Richard Robinson <rrobinson AT nasw.org>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] planting tiny garlic cloves
  • Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 09:11:00 -0400

I was thinking of harvesting for greens. I will wait to plant them in the
spring then.
Thanks!

Richard Robinson
www.nasw.org/users/rrobinson/
Hopestill Farm
www.hopestill.com


On 10/26/2011 at 9:10:13 AM, Road's End Farm wrote:
> Did you mean harvesting for garlic greens? Small cloves are good for that;
> you can plant them close together, just an inch or two apart, and harvest
> the
> whole young plant to use as garlic greens.
>
> Depending on when you want to harvest them, you might want to spring plant.
> For an early to mid June market I plant in early May. If they get too old,
> the tops will be tough. If you plant later than mid May, they'll probably be
> tough anyway, as they're daylength sensitive and will try to bulb while
> still
> small if planted too close to summer solstice.
>
> If you're thinking of planting them for bulbs, you'll probably only get
> small
> bulbs from them; though the larger cloves from those would give you somewhat
> larger bulbs the next year, and you could work back up to normal size
> seedstock eventually.
>
>
> -- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 5 mostly
> Fresh-market organic produce, small scale
>
>
> On Oct 26, 2011, at 8:32 AM, Richard Robinson wrote:
>
>> I have an abundance of tiny garlic cloves from my Silverskin garlic. I
>> remember reading
>> here about planting these separately from the larger cloves, and harvesting
>> early. can anyone give the details?
>>
>> thanks, Richard
>>
>> Richard Robinson
>> www.nasw.org/users/rrobinson/
>> Hopestill Farm
>> www.hopestill.com
>>
>
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