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: Re: garlic- Don't trim leaves
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: Tue, 29 May 2001 07:16:19 -0700
I forgot, don't trim the leaves, only the flower scapes. The leaves provide
nutrients
to the bulbs.
Karen Krettler
Graham Burnett wrote:
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Sorry if this has already been covered....
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I have garlic growing nicely on the allotment- it has just developed what
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looks like a flowering stem which has a red ring around it- should I break
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this off? I've never bothered in the past and always seem to get reasonable
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crops, but would removing this stem actually increase yields? I also met a
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guy on a permaculture course a few years ago who swore blind that you should
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always trim back the leaves of garlic, again to increase yield- again, I've
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never bothered- any comments anyone?
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Graham Burnett
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Re: garlic- Don't trim leaves
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