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Post by lisaann on Feb 10, 2015 18:39:26 GMT -5
I hope mine decides NOT to rot, but the following pic scares me! I went out to check them a couple days ago and this is what I found, ice and water laying in the bed.
Shoo!
Hope everyone's garlic is doing well.
Mine went in the ground: 10/25/14. Have some tippys up, but lordy, that laying water / with ice scares me.
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Post by desertwoman on Feb 10, 2015 19:03:20 GMT -5
Get out there and chip that ice away!
Mine gets snow melt at different times during winter, thus wet, and they do fine. They are under leaf mulch so the soil stays damp. But really- I'd be pulling out some of the ice I could manage to remove.
Mines all up- about 3".
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Post by octave on Feb 10, 2015 20:37:54 GMT -5
I don't know how mine is doing, I forgot I planted (but not where).  |
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Post by pepperhead212 on Feb 10, 2015 22:20:13 GMT -5
Mine popped up like that in Feb several years ago, and it worried me, too! Everyone assured me that we could have some deep freeze, which would kill it off, and it would still produce as usual - it had happened to several of them. It did die back sort of, but, like they told me, it was as good as ever when I harvested it.
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Post by James on Feb 11, 2015 2:55:41 GMT -5
I think it will be OK.
I planted a bunch in the fall. Haven't seen any come up yet in spite of the warm season we have been having.
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Post by Mumsey on Feb 11, 2015 4:27:14 GMT -5
No checking mine, it's under a snowdrift, buried about 15". No matter the winter weather, it always makes it in fine fashion!
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Post by brownrexx on Feb 11, 2015 14:34:55 GMT -5
I have not even looked. Mine is under about 4 inches of straw.
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Post by OregonRed on Feb 11, 2015 15:15:13 GMT -5
when I was at the CG the other day, there were some volunteer clumps, I will have to pull them apart at some point... maybe if I feel so inclined, I will plant some in early spring (I normally plant in October) |
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Post by ecsoehng on Feb 11, 2015 17:04:06 GMT -5
This year I am not putting in any garlic. There were so many local people who have perfected garlic growing and drying at the farmers market that it seemed easier to buy it from them and use the garden space for something else. I am always short of space and energy so I have to conserve both!
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Post by breezygardener on Feb 11, 2015 17:13:28 GMT -5
I agree. Several of our farmers market growers have such beautiful huge perfectly dry heads of garlic at very reasonable prices that it really isn't worth it for me to grow my own.
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Post by desertwoman on Feb 11, 2015 17:21:10 GMT -5
For space considerations I did this last year and it worked so well I am repeating this year.
Plant the garlic in the fall; in June plant pumpkin at the end of the garlic patch. By the time the pumpkin vine is large to sprawl, it takes over where the garlic was recently harvested. It worked beautifully!
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Post by lisaann on Feb 11, 2015 18:31:18 GMT -5
I am not worried about mine being UP, just worried that all this freeze thaw and water laying in a bed that usually drains well...........will promote ROT. I am Glad they are up. Just can't figure out this pooling water. Hmmm.........
I still like to grow my own garlic. I'll buy something I can't grow at the farmer's market. And if it rots, it just might be garlic! hahahahah
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