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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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[Market-farming] planting garlic,
Richard Robinson, 09/14/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] planting garlic, Road's End Farm, 09/14/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] planting garlic,
Andy Fellenz, 09/14/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] planting garlic,
Glen Eco Farm, 09/15/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] planting garlic,
Road's End Farm, 09/16/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] planting garlic, Pat Meadows, 09/16/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] planting garlic,
Road's End Farm, 09/16/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] planting garlic,
Glen Eco Farm, 09/15/2008
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
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[Market-farming] planting garlic,
courtney mcleod, 09/14/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] planting garlic,
Marie Kamphefner, 09/14/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] planting garlic,
courtney mcleod, 09/16/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] planting garlic, Andy Fellenz, 09/16/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] planting garlic,
courtney mcleod, 09/16/2008
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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
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Re: [Market-farming] planting garlic,
toni eddleman, 09/16/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] planting garlic,
Shawnee Flowerfarmer, 09/16/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] planting garlic, Marcy, 09/17/2008
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Re: [Market-farming] planting garlic,
Shawnee Flowerfarmer, 09/16/2008
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