Anyone planting garlic?

[John T]

I’m going to try planting some garlic this fall.

What’s a good type / name to plant in New England?

They have a garlic festival coming up I plan to pick up some bulbs soon...


http://www.garlicfestct.com/


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[GreensvilleJay]

We started by buying the biggest bulbs at local grocery store, yeesh 2 decade ago..... Made a 'hole poker' ( cutoff broom handle,1by3, 5 'stubs'). Makes 5 holes in soil,put 1st into 5th hole, make 4 more, agin and agin.... drop clove into hole, cover up, press down, MARK THE ROWS !
Up here wife's getting $10/pound for them !
When you harvest, SAVE the biggest for planting next fall, sell the rest.
It's one of the easiest crops to make money on. Plant, harvest, $$$ !

Jay

 

[John T]

Thanks
I’m actually in the produce market in Boston every day
But most of the garlic coming in is from California.
Or peeled garlic from China.

I’m going to do some more research at that garlic festival.

My wife and I went a couple years ago and we both had a serving of deep fried garlic cloves...

As soon as we got home each of us ran for an individual bathroom.

LoL!!


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[D2Cat]

Interesting! I just always picked wild garlic when I see a patch along the country road.

 

[RCW]

John - -

I grew a German Red garlic for years in Upstate New York. Originated from my wife's Italian family. Did about 300 sets/year, and planted back in October like Jay said.

The bulbs are a little smaller than some others, but the flavor is strong. Good stuff.

They are also supposed to store well over winter compared to some other varieties. I always had good luck in a cool basement.

 

[John T]

Some garlic popping up..

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[GreensvilleJay]

wow , your garlic is UP !! My rhubarb is just showing ..
That wasn't a Black Walnut tree next to them was it ?

 

[John T]

No,
Shag bark hickory

About the toughest wood I’ve cut

I did manage to get some nice slabs though


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[RCW]

John T - garlic looks good. It will withstand snow just fine.

What kind did you plant?

In June they will send up shoots, otherwise known as scapes (?).

I used to break them off, and use in cooking. When new, good in salads, roasting, or anything you'd add garlic to. They're not quite as strong as cloves, so plan accordingly.

They'd be great in the smokerator! I used to put turkey breasts on my grill with scapes underneath....Mmmm...

 

[fuzzydawg]

Planted these in late fall, covered them up with straw. They're about 6" tall right now, and I expect they'll grow much faster now that the ground temp is starting to warm up. They were specifically developed in Missouri so they do pretty well here (I'm in east-central MO right along the Missouri River).

I need to get in there and pull some weeds.

(Sorry about the picture rotation - the upload does that to me every time. Grrrr.)

 

[SidecarFlip]

We used to grow it but now I trade Zuchini for garlic. My buddy has a produce stand and his wife bakes Zuchini bread so I grow what we term 'baseball bat' Zuchini's for him and his wife grinds them and makes bread which she sells at his stand and in trade we get all the garlic we need, Amish preserves, strawberries and watermelon.

Good trade for us. Allows me to grow other stuff like onions, potatoes, carrots beets, corn, cabbage and string beans.

We have a large below ground root cellar under the farmhouse that is always loaded with canned stuff, carrots layered in sand, potatoes and onions in mesh bags. I do preserved meat in crocks too and 3 freezers loaded with all kinds of wild game and apple cider squeezed from our trees.

 

[RCW]

And John, Hickory is hard and heavy stuff.

I think most hickories are the hardest of the commercial eastern hardwoods, by far.


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[North Idaho Wolfman]

I have a bunch of cloves of garlic that are sprouting, can I pop them in the ground now and get them to grow, and produce?

I've grown a lot of other things just never garlic.

The clove I have are three different varieties that were grown by a friend here.

 

[Poohbear]

We actually haven't " planted " any garlic in years. We planted some a long time ago around all of our fruit trees and garlic is a multiplier. Way more now than the qty of bulbs actually planted.

 

[RCW]

I have a bunch of cloves of garlic that are sprouting, can I pop them in the ground now and get them to grow, and produce?

I've grown a lot of other things just never garlic.

The clove I have are three different varieties that were grown by a friend here.

Wolfman - unfortunately no, not for spring planting.

That said, they will likely survive and grow but you may not have good bulb production.

“Wild garlic” can be a good thing to have around in a pinch.


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[North Idaho Wolfman]

Wolfman - unfortunately no, not for spring planting.

That said, they will likely survive and grow but you may not have good bulb production.

“Wild garlic” can be a good thing to have around in a pinch.


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So do I stick them in the ground now and leave them alone all summer and then maybe next year they will produce?

Or are they just lost to the compost pile?

 

[japollner]

So do I stick them in the ground now and leave them alone all summer and then maybe next year they will produce?

Or are they just lost to the compost pile?

You should be able to drop them in the ground and they will grow. With garlic, spring or fall planted, I like to pull them when the tops begin to turn brown. With a spring planted garlic, I will cook with whatever bulbs formed, but reserve the largest cloves to go back in the ground that fall. You want to keep it at 60-70% humidity and 40-50ºF until the fall when you plant the cloves for the following year.

 

[RCW]

So do I stick them in the ground now and leave them alone all summer and then maybe next year they will produce?

Or are they just lost to the compost pile?

Sorry for the late reply.

I would plant them like japollner said. Break the bulbs up into single cloves and go. Heck, mix into a flower bed....

I think you will still get a big clove, but you won’t get a bulb with many cloves. Kinda like a “spring onion”. Still useable and good, just not as much of it. The tops and scapes also have value.

Garlic is not picky at all for soil type, fertilizer, etc. Stick them in the ground and they’ll grow.

Never had an issue with critters either, except that one Rabbit, I think he was Italian ...and tasty....[emoji3]

I’m Italian by marriage, so not intended to be disparaging at all! [emoji41]


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[GreensvilleJay]

While we usually plant in late fall, spring works just as well up here.
the 'tricks' are

1) break bulb into cloves
2) plant in well drained,loamy soil about 8" apart,water regularly
3) when stem pigtail curls( aka 'skapes'), snap off, they sell $$$
4) when leave die down, turn brown, harvest and store
5) when dry, select biggest bulbs and replant in late fall


if you don't do #3, then plant makes seeds, NOT what YOU want !!!
be sure to add compost to soil EVERY year !

 

[John T]

how am I looking?
I just noticed the scapes today....