Well I ordered garlic from a woman online about 9 days ago but haven't got it yet. :-(
Despite that you are supposed to plant garlic in fall, I was wondering what would happen if I planted now -- since the ground is warm enough to plant, and yet, we are going to have at least a couple substantial freezes before spring arrives.
They say that garlic is planted and is 'dormant' until it warms up. Well, why can't it do that in my bed, no matter when it gets planted, if it has a good freeze and then warms up naturally with the weather? It sounded like a possibility.
A guy on gardenweb said another fellow did an experiment with this, planted end of December, and they turned out fine. A couple were slightly smaller I think he said. Well I figure even if I have "garlic-green-onions" instead of bulbs it'll still be good! I was bummed I hadn't got any in the ground in Fall.
So I found one little package of "italian garlic" (generic) heads in walmart, about five. Why not?
Last night I planted about 60 cloves in one of the beds, in a space about 1.5'x3.3'. They are about 1" deep and 3" apart. I couldn't remember what direction the pointed ends were supposed to be, doh! I put most of them down but some up and sideways so no matter what, some will work. ;-)
That's my first planting or wintersowing or anything!
I hope to get the first wintersowing batch done this evening when Ry is home and we are done with errands. I have 26 bags ready to go. I haven't gotten all of my seeds yet but I have most of them. I have a chart for what I am sowing in which #'d ziploc bag. I just have to wet it down bigtime, let it drain, which I think I'll do in the bathtub (with the screen on the drain of course), plant the seeds, close the bags, and then take the holding containers outside.
Tomorrow it is much colder, and Thursday it's supposed to snow!
PJ
2 comments:
You'll still get garlic although like someone else said they wont be as large.
Even though you cant see anyting on the top, in fall and very early spring the roots of the cloves are actively growing and doing all kinds of cool things they should be doing. This is what gives them the "jump" over planting them in late winter/early spring.
kct
i loved your write up!! You sound like me!! i had no luck with garlic, its still the same size as it was planted a year ago!! And!! i am gonna try the upside-down tomato growing thingy this year!1
Best of luck!
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