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  • From: "Sean Albiston" <lab AT physics.umn.edu>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] garlic
  • Date: Tue, 23 Feb 2010 11:01:39 -0600 (CST)

Marie, I think you have a chance. As long as the bulbs have been
refrigerated or cooled properly before you start growing them in the
flats. A farmer near me started some in flats in a greenhouse and planted
out in the spring and got decent results this past season.

sean Stillwater, MN

> Well, I would love to get bulbs, but at this late date I don't suppose
> there
> is any chance. Thanks for the comments.
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> Marie in Missouri
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> I assume that you are planting these bulbs for green garlic scallions? I
> put them into the field early because bench space for flats is always
> cramped. For fat heads of bragging-rights garlic, I plant on/around
> Halloween (latest date was November 6th in zone 5) mulch heavily and call
> it
> done until next year. Planting leftover sets in a flat should work fine
> because you aren't intending to get full sized heads anyway.
> Shawnee, zone 5
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