George said:
On Wed, 14 Nov 2007 05:32:12 -0600, (Pat
Kiewicz) wrote:
George said:
We always plant garlic in the fall (Syracuse NY, zone 5.something).
The
stalks start yellowing in early or mid-July, and we harvest in late July
or early August.
Why, should be just in time to transplant in some fall greens. 8^)
July is when we (often) get our best sun and warmth, and the rest of
the
garden really takes off then - just when the garlic is falling over. I
wonder if we might be better to plant it in the spring, so it could
benefit from that time. A later crop would be OK, if it meant larger
heads.
I first planted garlic in the spring. Not a huge success.
I've ever after planted in the fall.
Thanks. Probably, it would be the same here. When do yours start
falling over/yellowing/whatever?
They start yellowing in July. I usually harvest in mid to late July,
when the top three leaves still show some green.
Normally I reprep the bed and follow on with lettuce and bok choy
for fall harvest, but it was so flipping dry this year (except for one
week at the end of August where it rained enough to ruin some of
what I was growing -- exploding tomatoes and butternut squash!?!)
that that fall planting didn't happen.
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