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  • From: pam AT twinoaks.org
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Garlic and Onions
  • Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 22:20:20 -0400


Sandy
plant garlic the third week of
> >>>>>October,
> then roll out big round bales of reject hay over the top. We pull
> weeds out in April. <<<<<<
>
> Can onions be grown this way too? Planted before winter and harvested
> next spring or summer?
We tried sowing onions (Buffalo) in late summer and planting out in
late October. Then covering with rowcover for the winter. We had
a lot of winter-kill (we're zone 6b), and lots of weeds. Now we sow
in late Sept or early Oct, in a cold frame, and plant out in early
spring. That works better for us. This year I'm going to try sowing in
a bed and covering the seedlings with rowcover, then with a
portable coldframe later (so that our main coldframes can be used
for more salads).
Pam Dawling, Twin Oaks Community, Louisa, Virginia




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