Market Farming

[dave.kathy AT att.net (Dave & Katharine Campbell)]

No, no, don't refrigerate seed garlic.  Keep it cool and dry, out of the sun.  I cure mine on drying racks in my barn for 2-3 weeks, till stems are totally dry.  I trim the roots (so they don't collect moisture out of the air) and cut off the tops from hardnecks to store in 25 lb mesh onion bags.  Softnecks I braid into ristras.  Both just hang in the shed until Columbus Day, when planting starts.

Dave Campbell

Tiffin IA, Zone 5a

> -------------- Original message from Goodwill at Homefields Farm <sbreneman AT yourgoodwill.org>: -------------- 
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> > We'd like to keep some garlic for seed from our recent harvest. Should 
> > it be refrigerated, or is room temp. fine until October? 
> > 
> > Thanks to those of you who responded about the compost, timing, etc. 
> > we got 35 cu. yds from Hawk Valley to put on our 6 acres of mixed veg. 
> > I'd like to put more on than that, but the hauling charge is outrageous 
> > thanks to the price of fuel. 
> > 
> > Scott 
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