Misc Replanting garlic
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The sooner the better. The really fine/small ones don't have a lot of survival success, but the larger ones do. Better to do it now than try to separate them in the spring.
Summerthyme
Summerthyme
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Might work. But I would be afraid that the bulb is all used up in making the scapes this fall. Is the bulb hard or soft and mushy?
Garlic is pretty nice to have around so if you are in doubt about your stock, I would recommend you pony up some $$ and buy some good cloves to plant just in case.
Garlic is pretty nice to have around so if you are in doubt about your stock, I would recommend you pony up some $$ and buy some good cloves to plant just in case.
Thanks Summer
Did plant them, that weekend of posting. Tops look to be standing strong upright on their own.
The cloves were surprising smaller then if they were harvest in the summer. Dug them broke away most of the soil away trying not to damage the roots. Wash the bulb in a bucket of kelp water, separated the cloves, and planted them in rows. I‘ll give them few days to set in and then add a good layer of much leaves to protect them going into the winter. Now they are setting in with about a foot of snow on them, and the nights now into the single digits, thinking good to go this winter.
Homesteader maybe scrapes was the wrong term. More like the leaves about three to four inches high. I had to keep this variety of garlic going as it’s a pretty good storage keeper. I’ve been harvesting and planting this variety of garlic for more years then I could remember… Just ran out of time to harvest them. But I did buy and planted those elephant cloves this year. Got to say... Them bulbs were the size of grapefruits. About 4 cloves per bulb.
Added to say. Still have a lot of clusters left that I’ll let grow if these don’t pan out. I know that they won’t get big as a harvested bulb. Tried that last year with extras. Well with this variety the selected planting bulb is picked clean of the larger cloves, and the remaining bulb of little cloves well... got planted too. Will see coming July on size.
Did plant them, that weekend of posting. Tops look to be standing strong upright on their own.
The cloves were surprising smaller then if they were harvest in the summer. Dug them broke away most of the soil away trying not to damage the roots. Wash the bulb in a bucket of kelp water, separated the cloves, and planted them in rows. I‘ll give them few days to set in and then add a good layer of much leaves to protect them going into the winter. Now they are setting in with about a foot of snow on them, and the nights now into the single digits, thinking good to go this winter.
Homesteader maybe scrapes was the wrong term. More like the leaves about three to four inches high. I had to keep this variety of garlic going as it’s a pretty good storage keeper. I’ve been harvesting and planting this variety of garlic for more years then I could remember… Just ran out of time to harvest them. But I did buy and planted those elephant cloves this year. Got to say... Them bulbs were the size of grapefruits. About 4 cloves per bulb.
Added to say. Still have a lot of clusters left that I’ll let grow if these don’t pan out. I know that they won’t get big as a harvested bulb. Tried that last year with extras. Well with this variety the selected planting bulb is picked clean of the larger cloves, and the remaining bulb of little cloves well... got planted too. Will see coming July on size.
To answer last year question replanting did prove to be successful. Only a few didn’t make it.
Well once again. My excuse over hourly worked this year again. I have garlic bulbs sprouting planted last fall that SHOULD have been harvested this summer. Question being I will replant sprouted cloves for next year, but can left over cloves be harvested for this year storage? These purchased last fall that if the replanted didn’t survive the winter. Now I have two patches. .
Well once again. My excuse over hourly worked this year again. I have garlic bulbs sprouting planted last fall that SHOULD have been harvested this summer. Question being I will replant sprouted cloves for next year, but can left over cloves be harvested for this year storage? These purchased last fall that if the replanted didn’t survive the winter. Now I have two patches. .
Glad it worked...
Not sure about what you're asking. If cloves are harvested while the tops are green (whether they've just resprouted, or are sprouting from an earlier planting) the chances of them storing well are pretty slim. If you don't have any garlic for winter use, you could harvest some and dehydrate them (in a dehydrator, not just hanging in a cool place) so they'll keep.
For the largest bulbs, you want to remove the scapes (which are the flower stalks, which then produce tiny garlic bulblets which can be planted) early in the growing season. It's best to cut them a few inches from the top as soon as you see them start to form the "swan's neck curve". Once the plant starts to put energy into feeding the flower scape, potential clove size goes down quickly.
This year I found garlic growing in my horse paddock, a good hundred yards from my nearest planted raised bed! Appparently some bird or animal helped me out!
Summerthyme
Not sure about what you're asking. If cloves are harvested while the tops are green (whether they've just resprouted, or are sprouting from an earlier planting) the chances of them storing well are pretty slim. If you don't have any garlic for winter use, you could harvest some and dehydrate them (in a dehydrator, not just hanging in a cool place) so they'll keep.
For the largest bulbs, you want to remove the scapes (which are the flower stalks, which then produce tiny garlic bulblets which can be planted) early in the growing season. It's best to cut them a few inches from the top as soon as you see them start to form the "swan's neck curve". Once the plant starts to put energy into feeding the flower scape, potential clove size goes down quickly.
This year I found garlic growing in my horse paddock, a good hundred yards from my nearest planted raised bed! Appparently some bird or animal helped me out!
Summerthyme
packyderms_wife
Neither here nor there.
plus you can pickle the scapes, or just fry them up with some eggs, for some good eats later in the year.