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Growing garlic
On Sun, 6 May 2007 12:50:48 UTC, Steve Calvin
opined: Stan Goodman wrote: On Sun, 6 May 2007 01:08:21 UTC, Steve Calvin opined: I wouldn't plant anything from the stores personally. Most often they have softneck, which if you we don't care for. But that's just us. Elephant "garlic", it not garlic. It's a member of the lily family. While people use it as garlic, it isn't. I'm confused, am I reading you correctly?. It (Alium Ampeloprasum) isn't a garlic (Alium) because it is a member of the lily family? Would you like to expand on that? I meant to say the leek family *not* lily.... But "lily" is what you wrote, and is what I enquired about. You are very charitable, are you not, with your errors. but to answer your question.... you really should learn to use a search engine if you're going to "play" on the internet and usenet realms... You seem to be rather less charitable with others, you patronizing prick. To ask why a reputed Alium is not in fact an Alium seems rather rational to me. To find a way to treat the questioner like an idiot six-year-old suggests you must be in serious need of an ego boost. I need a group like this much like a need a hole in the head. The truth is that there is nothing here that can't be found easily on the Web -- except of course some guys who like to act like major gurus -- by playing back en gros material they collected on the Web. I'm out. Russian garlic (Allium ampeloprasum var. ampeloprasum) is not a true garlic, but actually a variant of the species to which the garden leek belongs. It has a tall, solid, flowering stalk and broad, flat leaves much like those of the leek, but forms a bulb consisting of very large, garlic-like cloves. The flavor of these, while not exactly like garlic, is much more similar to garlic than to leeks. The flavor is milder than garlic, and much more palatable to some people than garlic when used raw as in salads. The mature bulb is broken up into cloves which are quite large and with papery skins and these are used for both culinary purposes and propagation. There are also much smaller cloves with a hard shell that occur on the outside of the bulb. These are often ignored, but if they are planted, they will the first year produce a non-flowering plant which has a solid bulb, essentially a single large clove. In their second year, this single clove will break up into many separate cloves. Elephant garlic is not generally propagated by seeds. Some people use the young unopened flowering heads as a vegetable. The plant, if left alone, will spread into a clump with many flowering heads. These are often left in flower gardens as an ornamental and to discourage pests. -- Stan Goodman |
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Growing garlic
Stan Goodman wrote:
I'm out. Don't let the door hit you in the ass - f-hole -- Steve http://adirondackoutdoors.forumcircle.com |
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Steve Calvin wrote:
GW at 4 feet? Wow. I usually do German White, red and Spanish Roja and they're usually 2 feet tops. Average weight 3oz/bulb in a mediocre year. Names are funny things with garlic... a picture spoiled by a large (6'2", and we won't talk weight) intruder at: http://home.earthlink.net/~garygarli...nWhiteSelf.jpg Music on the right, German White on the left. Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G |
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Gary Woods wrote:
Steve Calvin wrote: GW at 4 feet? Wow. I usually do German White, red and Spanish Roja and they're usually 2 feet tops. Average weight 3oz/bulb in a mediocre year. Names are funny things with garlic... a picture spoiled by a large (6'2", and we won't talk weight) intruder at: http://home.earthlink.net/~garygarli...nWhiteSelf.jpg Music on the right, German White on the left. Wow, mine never get that large but I get about the same size bulbes. Wonder why the difference. We're not that far apart so the growing season's the same. At least I don' think so, but my memory's not what it used to be. I'll pay closer attention for the next month or two. ;-) -- Steve http://adirondackoutdoors.forumcircle.com |
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"Stan Goodman" wrote:
I need a group like this much like a need a hole in the head. The truth is that there is nothing here that can't be found easily on the Web -- except of course some guys who like to act like major gurus -- IMHO, you've taken considerably more offense than was given or intended. But if you don't like personal contact, the web and google are definitely the right place. Me, I'll take the good with the occasional twit. But then, that's my general view of life. Peace, Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic Zone 5/6 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G |
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Growing garlic
On Sat, 05 May 2007 23:10:48 +0000, Jimmy wrote:
I want to grow some garlic, but can I just use the elephant garlic I buy at the store and just plant the cloves or do I have to do something different? Never seen garlic plants or anything garlic at the garden centers. In zone 5. TIA Jimmy I have planted store bought garlic. No problem. Then when I harvest I wait a week or two and put some of the harvest back in the ground. Works for me in sunny so cal. stonerfish |
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