Posted on 08/24/2013 3:16:23 PM PDT by nickcarraway
I harvested about 175 bulbs this year. So easy to grow and store!
I’ve tried several times grow it and either squirrels dig out the bulbs or they sprout the green shoot and then rot away. These were in containers and tried different times of the year in Florida. Not sure why these are hard to grow as I can grow about anything else. I have garlic chives doing well but no garlic.
Easy is the word for it. You literally just shove the cloves into the dirt, pointy side up. And wait. The rest is automatic.
I thought I lost mine in what I’m calling the Great Amish Roofing Incident of 2013, but an old world Amish miracle must have occurred and all was well! Garlic likes the cool weather, so maybe do a little web search on varieties that tolerate the warmer weather. If I get a chance I’ll post some links for you, but my kids are at the height of their evening shennanagens right now!
Ping worthy?
“I can’t think of a crop I’d rather grow for people than garlic,” Ron said.
He should love driving through Gilmore then.
20 varieties?? Wow, I just go to the store and buy plain old “garlic.”
Made a great roasted shrimp dish Thursday night. Two pounds shrimp with mashed garlic (four cloves), EVOO, salt and pepper; bake at 500 F in a Spanish cazuela for five minutes. Garnish with Pepper Oil (EVOO infused with dried peppers de Arbol, 8 cloves garlic, thyme, salt and pepper), garlic chips (fry up 8 cloves of thinly sliced garlic in very hot EVOO), and thyme. My son and his friends devoured it.
Kitchen still has the garlic aroma...maybe it’ll be permanent!
Holy shit! I know Pam Blanchard!!! Wow... never in a million years did I think I’d read about someone I actually know.
http://gourmetgarlicgardens.com/growsouth.htm#anchoroverview
As for the squirrels, dispatch them with an air rifle or poison. The air rifle is more satisfying, but the poison is usually more effective.
I've got five hardneck varieties myself:
Have you ever tried growing horseradish? I am curious because I tried to grow it here in FL but maybe the soil around here is too sandy. I live near Tampa. What are your experiences?
I need to try this. My new town near LA was a farming area until the 50’s and fruit trees and plants in this yard — and in this whole county — grow so well, including onions not far away. Ready to plant garlic!
I grow me some horseradish here in central Illinois. Once it starts it’s hard to get rid of so plant it outside the normal garden grounds. The first year the roots were still pencil-thin. Then again, we had very little rain that year. By the second year you should get some. I just broke it in half and stuck the unused portion back in the dirt mound and it comes up next season in its own. Grind it outside unless you want your family to hate you. Best with fried taters & onions.
I havent tried but curious also. I cut off the top of a Daikon radish - the large white radish, and have it in water to see if it will grow roots, if nothing else to grow the greens to cook or juice with.
thanks for that link. maybe I’ll have better luck starting in fall and with the right variety for the south.
Keep us posted.. I have it as well, only on a smaller scale.. Homegrown is so much tastier..
I just ping once a week, but this is an excellent article. Maybe you could remember to link it next Friday at the beginning of next week’s thread?
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