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Old 25-01-2009, 01:11 AM posted to rec.gardens
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Default Planting garlic cloves
On 1/24/2009 11:54 AM, wrote:
Is it necessary to remove the husks from the separated
cloves? Or advisable?

Tx

Persephone

Just be sure that, when you separate the cloves, each clove has a piece
of the basal plate. The roots grow from the plate.

If a clove breaks off without the plate, use it in cooking.

A day without garlic is a day without sunshine.

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David E. Ross
Climate: California Mediterranean
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