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Post by mnjrutherford on Oct 9, 2011 8:12:54 GMT -5
So, here is the attachment. Will it work? Attachments:
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Post by wolfcub on Oct 9, 2011 11:12:25 GMT -5
Hi Jo Thanks for allowing me to see your spread sheet This is my first time growing garlic and any information is good information. I live on soggy Vancouver Island and I was told to cover my bulbs with straw until spring I was wondering if I put a hoop house over the bed if this would help to keep them drier. The last few years we have had snow but it only lasts for a few days Thanks Marj
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Oct 9, 2011 12:15:59 GMT -5
People are all the time saying to me, "My garlic is dying what can I do about it?" To which I reply, "It's time to harvest it".
Did you get less water or a warmer season this year so that it's ready to harvest sooner? If I plant garlic near tree roots, the end of the patch closest to the tree finishes it's life cycle a month sooner than garlic in the middle of the field. I also get uneven maturity due to soil factors that were there a long time before I started farming.
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Oct 9, 2011 13:08:53 GMT -5
You've got a lot more organizational skills than me...
I always used to say I'd keep records, or make databases, and then I get in the midst of a big harvest, and snow is hours away, and the food becomes more important than the records, and I can always catch up on paperwork later, but later I'm busy canning before the harvest spoils, and before I know it a months gone by and the memory with it.
I've started writing on things as I harvest them. That helps with paperwork.
Planting landraces is great for disorganized people... Even if I lose the label I can still tell that it's a hard-necked garlic, or a soft-necked.
I planted about 1000 foot of garlic row a week ago. My strategy was:
1st, I separated the cloves from the largest nicest bulbs (of whatever variety) and planted them bulb-to-row. That will allow me to see which clones grow better in my garden. I planted them in long rows with breaks between different bulbs. Some clones were only available as tiny bulbs, but they can have one more year to show me what they've got. I added about 20 varieties of garlic this year. I expect to add a few more.
2nd, I planted willy-nilly the largest cloves from whatever bulbs I had on hand.
3rd, I planted smaller cloves to fill up the space that I have set aside for garlic.
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Post by bunkie on Oct 9, 2011 13:59:00 GMT -5
....Planting landraces is great for disorganized people... Even if I lose the label I can still tell that it's a hard-necked garlic, or a soft-necked.... then landraces it shall be! i can so identify joseph with the plans to record, then snow, harvest, preserving gets in the way! wolfcub, we're here in eastern Washingtin at 2750', and we get lots of snow and then heavy rains (as of the last 2 years) in the spring. have had excellent garlic harvests. we plant in Oct or nov...(waiting for the rains to stop now to till the field). we cover the planted garlic with a few inches of straw. never had any rot. only problem sometimes is the moles... jo, can't get your chart to show up. will keep trying. |
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Post by 12540dumont on Oct 9, 2011 15:57:37 GMT -5
Bunkie, Jo e-mailed it to me. I can forward the e-mail if you pm your e-mail address.  |
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Post by mnjrutherford on Oct 9, 2011 17:44:34 GMT -5
It's an Excel file Bunkie. Could that be the problem? I can e-mail it also. Anyone of you who has it, please feel free to pass it on. I would love to get feed back about it as well.
Thanks for the compliment Joseph. Trust me, the garlic is the ONLY thing that I seem to be anal about. However, a lot of that data will only need a single entry. Some of it will be a year to year record. I'm thinking of planting it in the order that it needs to be consumed through out the year. Hardnecks in one area with the short keepers to be used first, and soft necks last with the best keepers saved to be eaten at the harvest festival next year.
I made a LOT more observations of the bulb form this year and even more observations thanks to several comments Holly has made regarding bulb size. I turned those observations into notes. So, if you have the emailed version, you should try to download the posted version as it has a few changes.
If we get some more rain soon and again in the spring, we should have a really good harvest. OH, yea, I modified my estimation of how much to plant. You need to know how many PLANTABLE cloves you can get per bulb in order to determine how many bulbs to save for planting. So, the globe type where there are an average of 4 cloves per bulb, I'll need 25 bulbs for 100 cloves to use PLUS an additional 6 bulbs to save for seed, 31 bulbs = 124 cloves = 124 bulbs at harvest. That number SHOULD cover a few losses as well. If my math is whacky, point it out to me PLEASE!
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Post by bunkie on Oct 10, 2011 11:02:15 GMT -5
Bunkie, Jo e-mailed it to me. I can forward the e-mail if you pm your e-mail address. |
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Post by bunkie on Oct 10, 2011 11:07:26 GMT -5
Bunkie, Jo e-mailed it to me. I can forward the e-mail if you pm your e-mail address. thanks holly, jo! will PM. |
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Post by 12540dumont on Oct 10, 2011 12:17:38 GMT -5
One pound plants approximately 20'.
We choose bulbs with a nice shape and plump cloves. In general, clove size is more important than bulb size as a determinant of future bulb size. The smallest cloves require just as much space, care and attention in the garden and produce significantly smaller bulbs.
If you separate the garlic cloves as close to planting time as possible, preferably within 24 hours, the root nodules won’t dry out and the garlic will be able to set roots quickly.
Hardneck garlics need to go through a cold period to trigger sprouting. If your soil temperatures stay warm, store the garlic in a cool, dry place, 7 - 10°C (45 - 50°F), for about three weeks before planting.
And last but not least, if you're playing garlic bingo with Jo's alphabets, make a map and put in field tags. That way when the kids pull out the markers to play swords with...you still have a map.
And if you haven't planted your garlic yet, Oct 9 and 10 are moon fertile days, so get going.
If you need more help read, "Growing Great Garlic" by Ron Engeland
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Post by mnjrutherford on Oct 10, 2011 12:25:43 GMT -5
thanks holly, jo! will PM. AM? FM? What PM? ;D ;D ;D |
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