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  • From: Roots Farm & Karen Sutherland <rootsfarm AT cwdom.dm>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] garlic question
  • Date: Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:10:23 -0400

Shawnee, Hi and thanks for reply,

We're at latitude 15 degrees 25 north.  

Vernalization:  Probably should have kept garlic in fridge til ready to plant ...... but I didn't.  

Thanks for heads-up re watching for scape formation.  No sign of it yet.  It helps too to have your approximate calendar of garlic events for zone 5.  As far as you know, is there any increasing or decreasing daylight effect on bulb formation?

Yes, drought here still intense.  Planted garlic though at land around house where we have water.  A few island locations enjoyed a shower last week, but not ours.  sigh.  Farm itself like a graveyard.  And official dry season just started with rain not really expected now til mid June.  Hoping fruit trees will survive.

All best wishes,

Karen

On Mar 17, 2010, at 8:16 PM, Shawnee Flowerfarmer wrote:

Now this is an interesting garlic question....
What latitude are you in there?  In the north-42 degrees latitude-the garlic is vernalized-when October planted-by cold.  Wonder if that works with light where you don't have temps under 32 degrees?  I don't know!  

Also, you don't know whether you have hard or soft neck garlic...the flowering-or not-would be important too. Watch for the beginning of a scape and if you see them , cut off before the bulge (which is the flower) at the tip of the scape begins to swell.  Typically, I have done this by the third week of June after an October planting.   The bulbs are ready to dig by the third week of July...about 1/2 the leaves have yellowed.  But that's here in zone 5.  I always dig a bulb or three to check, not because I'm worried but because I can't wait for fresh garlic like others can't wait for tomatoes.

You will certainly get fine garlic scallions-to pull anytime- no matter what with adequate water/fertilizer.  (Still in a drought?)

I will be interested to see what everybody has to say about this, and I will also quit whining about all the things I can't grow up north.
Shawnee, zone 5 and puzzled


From: rootsfarm AT cwdom.dm
To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:42:30 -0400
Subject: [Market-farming] garlic question

I have planted some Mexican grown garlic seed (don't know variety, but is purplish white skin).  Since this is tropical location, getting cloves is a long shot anyway, but how would I know when the  garlic may be ready without digging?  I planted the cloves in peat pots in mid Oct., then transplanted in to ground in January.  Despite the heat and drought, the tops look OK, although not lush.  Onions transplanted at similar time are getting big and I expect tops will start falling over soon.

Thanks and best wishes to all,

Karen

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