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gateway girl
True Blue Farmgirl
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Shari
Missouri
USA
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 Posted - Oct 16 2009 : 1:02:48 PM
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Hi, I was wondering if anyone that plants garlic in the fall could give me some advice. I want to plant garlic and have a very large raised bed to plant in. I have well over 300 garlic cloves to plant. My question is do I take all the paper outside off of the single cloves or do I leave the paper on when planting? My husband read some article that said to take all the paper off before planting and this just doesn't seem right to me. Thanks for any insight!
Shari
Life is a chain of moments of enjoyment, it's not just about survival. Live every second to it's fullest!
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asnedecor
True Blue Farmgirl
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Anne
Portland
Or
USA
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Posted - Oct 17 2009 : 09:14:14 AM
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I have never taken all of the paper off. Just separated the bulbs into individual gloves - made sure to have good composted material added to the soil where I plant and then mulch on top to protect for the winter. Been doing this for about 6 years, with good results.
Anne in Portland, OR
"Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them" Eyeore from Winnie the Pooh
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Woodswoman
True Blue Farmgirl
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Jennifer
Altamont
NY
USA
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Posted - Oct 17 2009 : 11:04:35 AM
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We never take the paper off-and I plant them both at my house and my school's garden.
Jennifer
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geminidream62
True Blue Farmgirl
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Molly
Spokane
Washington
USA
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Posted - Oct 17 2009 : 3:54:06 PM
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Nobody else mentioned this, but I was taught to prepare the planting bed with bone meal and blood meal mixed in the soil first. Here in Eastern Washington, I was told you plant on Oct. 15 and harvest by July 15. I don't follow the harvest time exactly...it varies year to year but do try to plant right now. Just found another bag of bone meal (the organic kind) so I am good to go for planting this weekend. And, I leave the skins on each section of garlic too.
Molly
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Pamela Joy
True Blue Farmgirl
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Pamela
Hesperus
CO
USA
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Posted - Oct 17 2009 : 4:30:45 PM
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I just planted all my garlic in the last few days. I am very excited and am expecting a fantastic crop, next summer. The question I have is: how much should I water it, now that I have planted? I have read several things on planting garlic and none have mentioned anything about water.
Thanks.
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asnedecor
True Blue Farmgirl
1054 Posts
Anne
Portland
Or
USA
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Posted - Oct 18 2009 : 10:02:13 AM
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Pamela -
I am not sure how dry it it there in Colorado, but once I plant my garlic and mulch I do not water it. There is enough rain and moisture by this time of year here in Oregon there is no need to water.
Anne in Portland, OR
"Weeds are flowers too, once you get to know them" Eyeore from Winnie the Pooh
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Pamela Joy
True Blue Farmgirl
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Pamela
Hesperus
CO
USA
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Posted - Oct 18 2009 : 8:19:17 PM
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Thanks. It is pretty dry here. I am going to water it a bit here and there, just to make sure (unless we get some rain).
I appreciate your reply.
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Mamarude
True Blue Farmgirl
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Anna
Durango
Colorado
USA
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Posted - Oct 20 2009 : 7:38:39 PM
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I planted about 50 cloves here in Durango last fall in the middle of October. I watered it once or twice before our first snow, and then not again until spring dried out. I didn't mulch it, it was in east facing raised beds and grew beautifully. Did you buy your garlic locally? I bought mine at the Homegrown festival last year, but they didn't have any this year.
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Pamela Joy
True Blue Farmgirl
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Pamela
Hesperus
CO
USA
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Posted - Oct 21 2009 : 11:07:22 AM
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Cherian,
I collected heads of garlic from two friends in Hesperus and some from a friend of a friend in Cedarege. So I am hoping for great success. I watered a couple times and now that we got all that rain yesterday, I think I will just let Mother Nature do her stuff.
I told you this on a different post somewhere, but in case you never saw it, I work serving breakfast on Wed,Thurs,Fri mornings at Carver's. If you ever get a chance, stop by to say hi. I'd love to meet you.
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gateway girl
True Blue Farmgirl
135 Posts
Shari
Missouri
USA
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Posted - Oct 29 2009 : 9:32:01 PM
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Thanks everyone for your help. I'm sorry it took so long for me to reply. My computer crashed and I just got it repaired. I planted 175 garlics, 50 of which I had already striped clean. All 175 have sprouted and this weekend I plan on mulching. Thanks again for all your help!
Shari
Life is a chain of moments of enjoyment, it's not just about survival. Live every second to it's fullest!
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sherrye
True Blue Farmgirl
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sherry
bend in the high desert
oregon
USA
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Posted - Nov 04 2009 : 8:51:56 PM
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| bone meal bone meal yes. bone meal grows roots. that is the part you need fed best.molly is right. sherrye live to garden garden to live |
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