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- From: "peter tutuska" <tutusk AT msn.com>
- To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Need garlic seed
- Date: Thu, 5 Jul 2007 12:01:06 -0400
Hi...I grow about 1/2 acre of a hardneck garlic and if I ran into the
problem you mentioned, I would not replace the garlic. My thinking is
that a garlic bulb is basically an exact clone of the garlic clove
that was planted. In other words, garlic plants don't cross pollinate. So
if the garlic had been growing to a good size in past years, then
it should do so again when the weather/soil allows it to. The fact
that the garlic did not grow full size this year shouldn't mean much for next
year. However, if this years weather had effected just some of your garlic
varieties, then I might think that that particular type of garlic
wasn't well suited to your area. But since all your varieties grew
poorly this year, after growing good other years, I think you are fine to
replant it next year.
In the past, I've had good stock grow small one year and then
grow very well the next year.
Pete (western NY area)
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Re: [Market-farming] Need garlic seed,
Natalie Foster, 07/03/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] Need garlic seed,
Sean Albiston, 07/03/2007
- Re: [Market-farming] Need garlic seed, Sean Albiston, 07/03/2007
- Re: [Market-farming] Need garlic seed, Sean Albiston, 07/03/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] Need garlic seed,
tonitime, 07/05/2007
- Re: [Market-farming] Need garlic seed, peter tutuska, 07/05/2007
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Re: [Market-farming] Need garlic seed,
Sean Albiston, 07/03/2007
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