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  • From: Pat Meadows <pat AT meadows.pair.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] planting garlic
  • Date: Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:56:36 -0400

On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 09:05:36 -0400, you wrote:


>
>I always mulch it up here in New York (straw mulch). If I don't,
>repeated freeze and thaw cycles can heave the cloves right out of the
>ground. You can push them back in again and they'll grow, but it
>definitely sets them back. -- This, I expect, does vary a good bit
>depending on where you are. Either reliable snow cover all winter, or
>significantly warmer winters, might well remove the necessity for straw
>(though I think it does have additional benefits through the season).

We're in the mountains in northern Pennsylvania and we do this also, for
the same reason - we mulch it to at least 6".

Pat
-- northern Pennsylvania
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