Skip to Content.
Sympa Menu

market-farming - Re: [Market-farming] Garlic

market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org

Subject: Market Farming

List archive

Chronological Thread  
  • From: "Wiediger, Alison" <alison.wiediger AT hart.kyschools.us>
  • To: 'Market Farming' <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Garlic
  • Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 17:28:39 +0000

I have to say that on our farm, in SC KY, mulch is very good at helping with weed suppression, but, with the very wet springs we have had for the last several years, if we do not remove most of it pretty early, our garlic rots.  We are thinking about solarizing our 2012-13 bed in July-August 2012 to control the weeds, so we don’t have to mulch and deal with the soil being too wet because of the mulch.

 

Different farms, different soils, different conditions, different strategies.

 

Alison Wiediger, Au Naturel Farm

 

From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of KAKerby AT aol.com
Sent: Monday, November 28, 2011 11:19 AM
To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Garlic

 

I was always under the impression that mulch helped minimize frost-heave for fall plantings, and minimized weed competition during the growing season.  In your study, were those concerns not really an issue?  Here, we don't have a major issue with frost heave but we do have issues with weeds totally smothering the garlic if we don't mulch.  So I was surprised your findings didn't see any benefit.  Care to elaborate?
Kathryn Kerby

frogchorusfarm.com

Snohomish, WA

Ruminations - essays on the farming life at frogchorusfarm.com/weblog.html

 

In a message dated 11/28/2011 9:16:04 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, wshoemak AT illinois.edu writes:

I don't think so. It'll help the plants push roots later too. We did a study one year looking at mulching vs no mulch. We didn't see much benefit but we didn't see any problems from the mulch either. Kind of what we expected.

 

Bill

William H. Shoemaker

University of Illinois, Crop Sciences

St Charles Horticulture Research Center

535 Randall Road, St Charles, IL  60174

630-584-7254, wshoemak AT illinois.edu

 




Archive powered by MHonArc 2.6.24.

Top of Page