Nartker wrote:
I am living in Northern WI, Zone 3 at best. Is it possible to grow garlic
and top setting onions in this area. Any suggestions on technique, planting
times and varieties would be welcome.


The soil is very sandy, but I have good oak leaf based compost available.

Thanks



Dunno about onions, but don't see why not. Garlic is certainly do-able.
Planting is done in the fall a few weeks prior to the first hard frost.
In zone 5 (mid NY state) I usually plant sometime on October but you'd
probably need September sometime I'd guess. If they start to sprout
before the weather gets really cold, don't worry about it. Won't hurt
'em a bit. I've had some 3-4" high before freezing and they were fine.

Just as a point of reference, I typically harvest mine in July. Actually
I just pulled this years crop about 2 weeks ago and bot did I have a
good "garlic year". :-D I like strong garlic and I've certainly got it! :-D

Here's a site that should be of help to you
http://www.extension.umn.edu/distrib...-planting.html

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Steve
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