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Post by daylilydude on Sept 13, 2011 12:30:53 GMT -5
How far apart should these be planted to get the best size?
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Post by coppice on Sept 13, 2011 20:14:11 GMT -5
Palm wide apart (4-5").
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Post by paquebot on Sept 13, 2011 21:03:52 GMT -5
If they are Martin's, or any other large rocambole, 1½" deep and 6" apart.
Martin
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Post by daylilydude on Oct 20, 2011 6:55:16 GMT -5
If they are Martin's, or any other large rocambole, 1½" deep and 6" apart. Martin LOL... They are Martin's, that you so much for the bubils and the info! I'm bitin at the nails waiting to get these planted, I plant my garlic on Thanksgiving week as that week I have off (no school) so I can plant garlic and smell all the wonderful smells of Thanksgiving all in the same week!
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littleminnie
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Post by littleminnie on Oct 21, 2011 19:24:57 GMT -5
I use bulbils in spring for greens and baby garlic and a little pest protection. They last all winter and can be thrown everywhere in spring!
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Post by paquebot on Oct 22, 2011 0:52:27 GMT -5
Wouldn't hurt to get those bulbils into the ground soon. I planted 560 of Martin's on Tuesday, 10/18. 100 large, 100 medium, the 360 mixed medium and small. 6" to 7" spacing for the whole works in a double row with almost a foot between. That's to make certain that I can get my hoe between them when they are up. The large and mediums should give a proper divided bulb. Not certain what the smallest ones will do as we always only planted the largest ones back. The one thing for certain that we learned about rocambole bulbils is that there is nothing certain. I'm almost hoping that the smallest ones only make rounds as then they would become really large when planted back.
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Post by littleminnie on Oct 31, 2011 19:41:57 GMT -5
Agreed. I planted some single fat bulb from bulbils planted in spring or maybe transplanted in spring, not sure. The fat single clove will make a great big bulb. Amongst varieties I see the dilemma between growing garlic with few large cloves or more medium cloves. More cloves means less bulbs to save for planting but larger cloves mean larger bulbs. So if you want 100 cloves to grow for next year that means 30 German hardy or only about 10 Chesnok Red which average 10 cloves per bulb. When selling to customers I think the very large cloves but few per bulb are not wanted by most home cooks. I think for many the very large cloves would be too big for a meal- not for garlic lovers though. I have a mix of large and medium clove sized varieties BTW.
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