market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Market Farming
List archive
- 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/
_______________________________________________
Market-farming mailing list
Market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming
-
[Market-farming] planting garlic,
Richard Robinson, 09/14/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] planting garlic, Road's End Farm, 09/14/2008
-
Re: [Market-farming] planting garlic,
Andy Fellenz, 09/14/2008
-
Re: [Market-farming] planting garlic,
Glen Eco Farm, 09/15/2008
-
Re: [Market-farming] planting garlic,
Road's End Farm, 09/16/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] planting garlic, Pat Meadows, 09/16/2008
-
Re: [Market-farming] planting garlic,
Road's End Farm, 09/16/2008
-
Re: [Market-farming] planting garlic,
Glen Eco Farm, 09/15/2008
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
-
[Market-farming] planting garlic,
courtney mcleod, 09/14/2008
-
Re: [Market-farming] planting garlic,
Marie Kamphefner, 09/14/2008
-
Re: [Market-farming] planting garlic,
courtney mcleod, 09/16/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] planting garlic, Andy Fellenz, 09/16/2008
-
Re: [Market-farming] planting garlic,
courtney mcleod, 09/16/2008
-
Re: [Market-farming] planting garlic,
Marie Kamphefner, 09/14/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] planting garlic, toni eddleman, 09/14/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] planting garlic, toni eddleman, 09/14/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] planting garlic, toni eddleman, 09/14/2008
Archive powered by MHonArc 2.6.24.