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Post by richardw on May 9, 2016 14:15:08 GMT -5
How would the German Brown variety go as a TGS producer, does it grow strong flowers?
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Post by richardw on May 10, 2016 1:04:21 GMT -5
I was lead to believe that the pink were the bast??
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Post by steev on May 10, 2016 18:40:18 GMT -5
Maybe the scent?
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on May 11, 2016 18:10:27 GMT -5
The German Brown produces bulbils in the size range of 1/4 inch up to 5/8 inch in diameter on golf ball-sized sized umbels in quantities I have seen ranging from 6-8 up to around 25-30, depending on bulbil size. I haven't obtained seeds from plants matching that phenotype. I have tried plenty of times without success. Doesn't mean that it couldn't happen, just not (yet) for me. |
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Post by templeton on May 11, 2016 20:56:10 GMT -5
nice looking plants, toomanyirons. And an interesting story. T |
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Post by kazedwards on May 13, 2016 0:49:04 GMT -5
Those are great picture. Very robust plants. Hope you have luck with building up your stock. That might be me before to long at the rate I increase my planting each year.
As far as good flowers. I look at the quantity. The garlic I have has as many flowers as bulbils. Perhaps a hundred or more per umbel. The petals are light purple and have dark purple anthers.
I have plenty of Chesnok Red garlic bulbils if you want some. I can't guarantee that they are disease/pest free but as far as I can tell they are. I have produced TGS from the same plants they came from.
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Post by steev on Jun 30, 2016 10:20:28 GMT -5
Gophers hate pee more than tunnel-wrecking.
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Post by kazedwards on Jul 11, 2016 23:17:57 GMT -5
I saw today that I have one plant with two scapes. Both are coming out of the central stem. One is a lot shorter than the other. I would think if it was two cloves planted that they would grow as separate plants so I'm not sure what's going on. I'll post more once I dig it up in a month or two.  |
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Post by kazedwards on Jul 12, 2016 11:05:42 GMT -5
I have several that do that each year. Once I remove the bulbils it looks like it is split in the middle. Later today I will can get a picture.
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Post by kazedwards on Jul 12, 2016 11:56:14 GMT -5
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on Jul 12, 2016 13:27:07 GMT -5
kazedwards: It seems to me, like the umbel tears apart because of the pressure of the growing bulbils. In my experience those sorts of umbels tend to wither away much quicker because they have been damaged by the tearing.
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Post by kazedwards on Jul 12, 2016 13:27:51 GMT -5
Here is one of the split umbels after bulbil removal   |
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Post by kazedwards on Jul 12, 2016 15:44:08 GMT -5
kazedwards: It seems to me, like the umbel tears apart because of the pressure of the growing bulbils. In my experience those sorts of umbels tend to wither away much quicker because they have been damaged by the tearing. That's what I think the cause is too. I had several do that last year that still produce seed if I remember right. I had to pluck bulbils out of the middle as well. |
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Post by paquebot on Jul 12, 2016 20:05:48 GMT -5
I saw a few with double scapes at WeGrowGarlic but never had it happen at home. Also didn't note the variety. Double bulbil umbels is common among some porcelain types. All that I have seen have a perfectly formed core. Never saw it on many rocambole types but have 5 out of 300+ Martin's this year..
Martin
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Post by steev on Jul 13, 2016 0:40:08 GMT -5
Pretty fine production!
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