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Post by pepperhead212 on Oct 7, 2018 22:41:58 GMT -5
My 3 types this year are Estonian Red, Metechi, and my new one, Siberian. I might plant some of last year's porcelain, but I am thinking of planting more shallots, instead.
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Post by Mumsey on Oct 8, 2018 2:45:24 GMT -5
I'm wondering if the rains will ever stop so I can plant garlic!
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Post by wheelgarden1 on Oct 8, 2018 13:57:49 GMT -5
Another thing I like about garlic is how well it interplants with a lot of things...
Excepting legumes.
I usually plant garlic with fall greens, and last year they shared space with the spring tomatoes.
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Post by Tomato Z on Oct 9, 2018 9:32:26 GMT -5
I'm also waiting for the rains to stop and the ground to dry up. Never have planted in mud and will wait longer if need be to plant them. I think the latest we've planted garlic was Oct. 22. Halloween sounds like it may be this year's planting date.
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Post by Mumsey on Oct 10, 2018 3:25:58 GMT -5
Tomato Z, I have planted as late as the end of November and had a good crop. As long as the ground isn't frozen garlic can be planted.
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Post by desertwoman on Oct 10, 2018 10:00:57 GMT -5
Tomato Z, I've also planted well into November. The only difference I saw was that it didn't sprout before winter set in. (I always get several inches of growth when planted in October). I worried about the no sprouting, but was assured by folks here that it would grow in the spring- and it did! As long as the ground isn't frozen garlic can be planted. That reminds me of a saying someone once told me, when I was a new gardener...if you can dig a hole, you can plant it.
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Post by Tomato Z on Oct 10, 2018 22:54:15 GMT -5
Mumsey , desertwoman , Thanks for the encouragement on planting the garlic in November. We just had 2” of snow today (!), along with ice on the trees and bushes. This is not what I envision Fall weather should be in October. I have a scary feeling the garden will stay cold and wet for way too long and that the garlic will have to be eaten. What weird weather 2018 has brought us.
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Post by desertwoman on Oct 10, 2018 22:58:13 GMT -5
Tomato Z , If it stays too cold and wet could you plant your garlic in large pots (or a quickly made box/raised bed) this year and store in an unheated space like a carport or shed? Just thinking out loud....
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Post by Tomato Z on Oct 11, 2018 23:25:07 GMT -5
desertwoman, thanks for the suggestion of using large pots. Next week we should have warmer weather, so I can remove pepper plants from the large pots and then plant some of the garlic, though I am still hoping to plant most of it in the garden. They're predicting more snow this weekend for us - just can’t find the time to clean up the garden in the mud! Whatever the weather, I will surely plant the extra garlic in pots or grow bags. I have planted in April a few years back, but was unhappy with the results. I really liked the grow bags this year for dwarf tomatoes, though the hail got them too. Try again next year.
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Post by oliverman on Oct 12, 2018 22:51:05 GMT -5
I've been too busy to get mine planted early, and now it's been rainy this past week. Hoping to get it in the ground next week.
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Post by desertwoman on Oct 12, 2018 22:57:35 GMT -5
We have a cold snap moving in Sunday/Monday so I will prep the bed later in the week. I usually plant it after Oct 20.
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Post by binnylou on Oct 12, 2018 23:08:06 GMT -5
I've been too busy to get mine planted early, and now it's been rainy this past week. Hoping to get it in the ground next week. Did you have a good garlic crop this year, oliverman? |
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Post by oliverman on Oct 12, 2018 23:36:20 GMT -5
It was fairly good. I think the cold April hurt yield some, but it wasn't anything to complain about.
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Post by Mumsey on Oct 14, 2018 6:42:14 GMT -5
Looks like dry weather coming. The garlic will go in mid-week. I won't be planting quite as much, it kinda took up some of my onion space. I was at my son's work last week and got to talking to the receptionist while waiting. Somehow we got on gardening and garlic. She said she is moving and will finally have space for a garden. She is very interested in garlic. I am going to gift her some when I go there again. We visited at length about the whole process.
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Post by gardendmpls on Oct 16, 2018 21:36:35 GMT -5
Last year one of the beds edged in garlic had nothing come up. Planted there again last week. Today I saw that there were a lot of holes where something had dug and a few garlic bulbs were scattered here and there. Now I am wondering if we have an Italian squirrel (or possum) taking garlic for its garlic salad dressing.
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