On 7/21/19 5:01 PM, songbird wrote:
T wrote:
songbird wrote:
are they a hardneck garlic?

They scape.

If they go wild, they will have to hae adapted to
boring through concrete, as my soil around the
trough is so hard it throws sparks when you
try to shovel it.

I had to hack out the trough with an ax.

I am, pretty sure they will stay in the trough.
And the lack of water will kill anything that
decides to make a run for it!

:-)

how deep is it?

for sure you don't want water pooling there at
any point, you don't care if it gets soggy and then
drains, but you don't want standing water.

what is the trench full of? is it mounded above
grade?


songbird


It is about four foot long and 14 inches wide. It
is about 12 to 14" deep and back filled with peat moss
and original dirt, plug chicken poop based fertilizer.

The trough itself does drain, but takes hours. I water
every other day.

The trench is slightly below ground level so I can water
and not have it run all over the place.

I have five shallots growing like crazy in it right now.
This is their second feral year.

Oh and the green onion (scallions) nubs have starting
growing. Go figure.

The garlic marbles are still dormant.