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  • From: <clearviewfarm AT bluefrog.com>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] growing garlic
  • Date: Thu, 9 Jul 2009 06:14:14 -0700

I am not a highly experienced grower (4th year), although I have the benefit
of several people who are. I would grow German White, known to be a tough
character. Do you mulch your cloves in the fall, then pull it off in the
spring? I plowed down an alfalfa sod to provide nitrogen for the garlic to
feed on. I laid out "flakes" of mulch hay, 3-4" thick, on top of my cloves
last fall. That really helped protect them. This spring, I pulled those
flakes off, before the garlic got very big and put them between the rows, for
weed control. I also hand weed. Some people I know use vinegar to control
weeds, too. Perhaps there are others who other ideas.

Kurt Forman
Clearview Farm
Palmyra, NY 14522

--- cjmaness AT juno.com wrote:

From: "cjmaness AT juno.com" <cjmaness AT juno.com>
To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] growing garlic
Date: Wed, 8 Jul 2009 22:50:00 GMT

We've had a lot of customers this year asking for garlic, which we have never
grown. Well, we've tried, but we always do something wrong. We'd like to try
again. Can anyone recommend type of garlic, bulb source, etc...? I need
something that can hold up to our erratic weather.
Thanks,
Carla
Perkins, OK

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