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Dry farming garlic in Pacific Northwest
Can you share your experience or provide me with any sources of info.
Thank you Toby |
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Toby wrote:
Can you share your experience or provide me with any sources of info. My experience is that garlic doesn't like it dry. It needs water to produce a good sized bulb. If you are farming a dry area with limited water availability you might consider drip lines with your garlic to minimize water useage. |
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In article ,
Toby wrote: Can you share your experience or provide me with any sources of info. Get 'Growing Great Garlic' by Ron Engelund. Excellent book! -frank -- |
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Yeah, but it doesnt tell you how to dry farm garlic.
(Frank Miles) wrote in message ... In article , Toby wrote: Can you share your experience or provide me with any sources of info. Get 'Growing Great Garlic' by Ron Engelund. Excellent book! -frank -- |
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I have done it for years here in northwest California, and it is very
possible. In fact, there is no need to irrigate garlic at all in our climate because the time the Garlic needs water is during our rainy season, and the time the bulbs are drying down, June-July are ordinarily completely dry. I plant in October (I better get on it!) and harvest in July. The only problem I have are gophers, which must be trapped vigilantly if you got 'em. I hope this helps. Dan |
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How much precipitation do you get? Do you deep plough, or cultivate to
retain soil moisture? (Potato Rock Dan) wrote in message . com... I have done it for years here in northwest California, and it is very possible. In fact, there is no need to irrigate garlic at all in our climate because the time the Garlic needs water is during our rainy season, and the time the bulbs are drying down, June-July are ordinarily completely dry. I plant in October (I better get on it!) and harvest in July. The only problem I have are gophers, which must be trapped vigilantly if you got 'em. I hope this helps. Dan |
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I get 40-50 inches of rain in an average year, and I have never had to
do anything to retain soil moisture at all, although cultivation is an excellent strategy which I've used on summer crops. I don't deep cultivate because I have a deep sandy loam which garlic and gophers both seem to love. (Toby) wrote in message . com... How much precipitation do you get? Do you deep plough, or cultivate to retain soil moisture? (Potato Rock Dan) wrote in message . com... I have done it for years here in northwest California, and it is very possible. In fact, there is no need to irrigate garlic at all in our climate because the time the Garlic needs water is during our rainy season, and the time the bulbs are drying down, June-July are ordinarily completely dry. I plant in October (I better get on it!) and harvest in July. The only problem I have are gophers, which must be trapped vigilantly if you got 'em. I hope this helps. Dan |
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