Any Garlic Growers?

Mr Blamo

Mr Blamo

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Person who lives next to me grew garlic. Well seeds on it blew over here now I have garlic.
My better half picked some yesterday. Pretty stinky lol
 
ChevySwish

ChevySwish

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how do i go about setting up a little 10 pack to put in my canna garden indoors? Do they need special feeding or can i drop them in super soil with water?
 
sensi8739

sensi8739

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Hello fellow garlic heads! I love the stuff. We started getting more into garlic the past couple years. This year we harvested about 30k heads of various hardnecks. Garlic-scape season was awesome and intense! Here is a picture from when we were about halfway through hanging up to dry:20180629_144143.jpg

This time we upped it to approximately 40,500 heads. 9 beds, 5 rows per bed, 6 inch spacing per clove, ~500 ft. per bed. Just finished putting them into the ground yesterday. I'm damn tired, and my hands hurt... But I feel a great sense of accomplishment tucking in the little garlic army for the winter! I'll hopefully get some good pics of it all next year. We are growing Music, Georgian Crystal, Romanian Red, Killarney Red, Metechi, Spanish Roja, and Red Russian. Any other good suggestions?
 
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xtsho

xtsho

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sensi8739 said:
Hello fellow garlic heads! I love the stuff. We started getting more into garlic the past couple years. This year we harvested about 30k heads of various hardnecks. Garlic-scape season was awesome and intense! Here is a picture from when we were about halfway through hanging up to dry:View attachment 4218294

This time we upped it to approximately 40,500 heads. 9 beds, 5 rows per bed, 6 inch spacing per clove, ~500 ft. per bed. Just finished putting them into the ground yesterday. I'm damn tired, and my hands hurt... But I feel a great sense of accomplishment tucking in the little garlic army for the winter! I'll hopefully get some good pics of it all next year. We are growing Music, Georgian Crystal, Romanian Red, Killarney Red, Metechi, Spanish Roja, and Red Russian. Any other good suggestions?
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What are you going to do with all that garlic?
 
sensi8739

sensi8739

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Mostly to sell the giant heads to seed garlic companies, culinary size and scapes for retail and cull size to a local kimchi producer. Then we (small family farm,) need enough to re-plant or likely, continue expanding next year, so we save the best for that purpose.

We are also messing around with rounds of black garlic and I get as much as I can eat all year, which is the best part imo.
 
thumper60

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sensi8739 said:
Mostly to sell the giant heads to seed garlic companies, culinary size and scapes for retail and cull size to a local kimchi producer. Then we (small family farm,) need enough to re-plant or likely, continue expanding next year, so we save the best for that purpose.

We are also messing around with rounds of black garlic and I get as much as I can eat all year, which is the best part imo.
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NICE!! northeast? do u ship?
 
BarryBwana

BarryBwana

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Somatek said:
Just noticed this section so I thought I'd see if there's anyone else that shares my passion. I've grown russian red (rocambole) for a couple years, got them from my Dad who's grown it for years. Last year I jumped up to just under 1000 head planted (23 varieties from 8 of the families, everything but softnecks). Sadly with my back I had to stick in town this year, so I transplant enough to save my collection (104 assorted varieties, roughly 60 creole's).

Anyone else with a love affair for non-psychoactive stinky plants?
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I use a bulb of garlic a day, roughly speaking. Garlic and something spicy are in almost every dish.... but I've never ever tried growing cause it's so cheap and accessible.

But you, my friend, have inspired me to change my foolish ways and start popping some bulbs in the ground....
 
LtlWilli

LtlWilli

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As for me, I have a couple of bags of Nootka Rose to plant today and some cabbage, but , alas, it is raining here---AAaARGGH!
 
xtsho

xtsho

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pollen205 said:
Hellou garlic lovers...
Any body use azos and mykos for this great plant..??

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I don't think you need to worry about that stuff when growing garlic in good soil like most people here are doing. Most of what you use those products for is typically present in an outdoor grow in the ground. But I could be wrong. There are some expert garlic growers judging from their pictures that probably have more insight than I do.
 
jimmy 2 step

jimmy 2 step

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I planted about 30, to see how it will work out next year . they are in the ground and i covered them with hay/straw , Just some organic garlic bulbs i grabbed at the local farmers market ,fingers crossed .
 
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