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Old 24-01-2009, 10:09 PM posted to rec.gardens
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Default Planting garlic cloves
On Sat, 24 Jan 2009 11:54:28 -0800, wrote:


Is it necessary to remove the husks from the separated
cloves? Or advisable?

Tx

Persephone

I didn't and they grew, at an amazing speed (it must have been the cow
manure). I planted them years ago in front of the roses to deter
aphids and grow them as a perennial. They come up every year, usually
start pushing up in late January (east TN). ..."Everywhere the devil
stepped, there sprouted a garlic plant. "
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