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  • From: Andy Fellenz <fellenz AT fltg.net>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] planting garlic
  • Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2008 13:01:24 -0400

You could do the following:

> Work up the bed. For this quantity it may be easiest to use a walk-behind rototiller
> Set a string line and cut a furrow using a Warren hoe or the side of a onion hoe (just use something to cut a relatively narrow but several inch deep furrow
> Set bulbs into furrow
> Use a rake or wide hoe to cover furrow
> Mulch heavily with straw

I've been doing it this way for the last few years and last year planted ~150lbs of garlic with this method.
Andy

Richard Robinson wrote:
Any recommendations for tools and techniques for planting large quantities of
garlic? I hope to graduate from planting 50 cloves to more like 500, and
wonder if there's a better way than hands and knees with a trowel. This will
be a combination of softneck and stiffneck.

thanks.

--
Richard Robinson
http://www.nasw.org/users/rrobinson/

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