TOO Garden Thread
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Give em all a shot of nose candy/side dress. It'll migrate over to maters too.
this is me, too. I gave up, lol. It is important to know your place in the world and what you are really good for. My wife would not dare try to tell me how to butcher a deer or smoke a brisket or run a chainsaw, so...
Those are nice looking heads of garlic. Well done sir. We planted garlic this spring again. Has never worked very well for us, but fingers crossed. Nancy got some starts from one of her teacher friends.
Everything thing we’ve read was October through November in planting and then forget about them until the bottom set of leaves look dried out.
We had one that looked like the runt of the litter. She pulled it over the weekend and it looked a lot better than I’d of imagined.
The rest were even better. Not sure if that’ll work in Ohio but I’d imagine it might?
JARHEAD
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Probably why they’re a stick it in the ground and forget about them.
at1010
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My wife’s uncle (Italian fellow) he still grows his dad’s garlic from Italy. Same thing here in Ohio - plant in fall and pull in Spring. I’m not sure why, but some species don’t do well with heat units and needs to over winter then they can produce “fruit” or seed. Think of a daikon radish - if you plant in fall - you’ll get a big bulb. You plant in Spring and it’ll bolt to produce seed. I’d imagine garlics the same.
at1010
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I finally recalled the term - vernalization! Here is a quick explanation (I found off the web) for those interested in garlic production - other species also can be considered.
“For most garlic varieties, you need vernalization to get stratification. In simpler terms, you need cold weather to form individual cloves on the garlic bulb. If you don't have proper vernalization or cold enough temperatures, you'll grow a solid bulb without individual cloves”
“For most garlic varieties, you need vernalization to get stratification. In simpler terms, you need cold weather to form individual cloves on the garlic bulb. If you don't have proper vernalization or cold enough temperatures, you'll grow a solid bulb without individual cloves”
We use the soft neck variety of the garlic as it’s more suited for our climate. I guess the hard neck is what’s planted up in the colder climates.
Probably the easiest and low maintenance thing we’ve planted yet.
Probably the easiest and low maintenance thing we’ve planted yet.
Worked all day on my gazebo bar and hopped in shower to get that sweaty stinky greasy feeling off me and looked out the bathroom window and saw 6 of my 9 bed maters laying on the ground after a brief shower while was inside. Whelp, I wasn’t having any of that shit so I quickly staked all 9 bed plants and now I need another shower. Dang it’s humid outside here still! Can’t wait till the cold front pushes on through and moves this sauna the heck outta here! Lol
I'll be damned...when did she have time to do this?!
Heck yeah, that's a nice surprise Dave!
I should be able to wrap up tomorrow with beans and sunflowers, so we'll call her 95% done lol. Very happy with the rye mat, time to see how she does all season.
42 big maters
16 cherry maters
36 cucumbers (35 direct sow)
23 peppers
13 watermelon (2023 seed harvest)
- will do another round of direct sow when corner dries out
150+ pumpkins (earlier this week)
Pumpkin patch - all 2023 seed harvest.
I should be able to wrap up tomorrow with beans and sunflowers, so we'll call her 95% done lol. Very happy with the rye mat, time to see how she does all season.
42 big maters
16 cherry maters
36 cucumbers (35 direct sow)
23 peppers
13 watermelon (2023 seed harvest)
- will do another round of direct sow when corner dries out
150+ pumpkins (earlier this week)
Pumpkin patch - all 2023 seed harvest.
at1010
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just shy of 100 tomatoes- so far.
pumpkins and beans along fence
Mowed covers off
Weed mat in tomato rows
Living cover between rows to help fight compaction.
Now we wait!
steveOh
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We got a half dozen cucumbers picked today.
Everything has really taken off in the last week and a half….
Everything has really taken off in the last week and a half….
Kept it smaller this year. But so far I'm pleased...
We also have tomatoes and peppers right outside back door.