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Post by kazedwards on May 26, 2016 1:26:10 GMT -5
How is the garlic/bulbils that I sent out doing? Have it grown well for the people that I sent it to?
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Post by reed on May 26, 2016 3:55:57 GMT -5
The little bulbils you sent me that I planted as soon as they arrived are doing fine, some I think got heaved out of the ground by freezing before they rooted good but plenty made it through. They keep good too, I found a few I didn't plant and stuck them in the ground just a couple weeks ago and they are sprouting. I have three little plants from the TGS, the only three that sprouted for me. Slow to get started but they are starting to take off. I'll post some pictures of one of these days. None of the TGS I direct planted in the ground sprouted.
Looking forward to seeing if I can get my own seeds and maybe make crosses to mine. I think someday you might be the world's premier garlic and onion breeder and I can say I knew him back when.
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Post by Joseph Lofthouse on May 26, 2016 9:27:03 GMT -5
How is the garlic/bulbils that I sent out doing? Have it grown well for the people that I sent it to? I planted 25 seeds in a pot in the window. 3 of them germinated almost immediately. But I wasn't able to keep them alive until spring. I planted 100 seeds in the greenhouse in the middle of the winter. Only one of them germinated. It is growing fine. I shared about 100 of them with collaborators. (Lesson learned... Just plant them in some potting soil when it's warm enough for them to grow.) The bulbs/bulbils that I planted in the greenhouse are doing great. I shared those widely as well. |
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Post by oldmobie on May 26, 2016 11:50:43 GMT -5
How is the garlic/bulbils that I sent out doing? Have it grown well for the people that I sent it to? Mine grew well, right up to the maximum size allowed by the crowding. They're still healthy looking, but badly need thinning, or replanting at better spacing. They're grown from bulbils. |
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Post by kazedwards on May 26, 2016 11:53:39 GMT -5
Good to hear it guys. I'm really curious to see it anyone gets TGS from the bulbils I sent out and if the flowering is genetic or environmental. That will be a year or two out though I'm sure.
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Post by reed on May 26, 2016 17:51:36 GMT -5
I have found with a lot of things for example wild flowers, columbine, blue bells and others that saving and planting seeds in pots or any controlled way was iffy at best. I'm sure with enough dedication it would work but when I just collect them and immediately plant it works well. Some come up right away some the next year. As long as I don't forget where I put them and plant something else it about always works. When I get significant numbers of garlic or onion I'm gonna try that.
I think for a lot of things when a plant is ready to drop a seed, it's time to plant it.
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Post by reed on Aug 1, 2016 5:32:08 GMT -5
My single plant from TGS has grown very well, I suspect it has made a small round or bulb. Should I dig and cure it and replant or just leave it in the ground? I don't want to risk killing it.
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Post by kazedwards on Aug 1, 2016 8:24:59 GMT -5
If it has died down then I would dig it up. If it's still growing strong then leave it be.
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Post by reed on Aug 1, 2016 13:51:00 GMT -5
It's still green and growing. I was thinking of just leaving it alone through winter, although I'll have to be careful prepping the garden next spring. It will eventually die down later in the season I suppose, it's ok to dig and move it then? The other two plants have so completely died they aren't visible anymore. They were so small when they died, I can't imaging they made anything to dig.
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Post by kazedwards on Aug 2, 2016 0:27:07 GMT -5
They probably made a small round. I had a few last year that I thought died but made small rounds. The rounds were 1/8" maybe. I put a stake next to mine to mark them.
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