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shazzbat muttered:
I plan to plant my cloves in pots to start them off, then plant out with the rootball when they are 2"-3" tall, thus avoiding gaps in the rows where some doesn't make it, also this will allow me to plant them in newly weeded soil, giving the crop a chance to get ahead. Any reasons why I shouldn't do this? The variety is Fokhagyma. TIA Steve I read somewhere that they need some hard frosts to develop... so should ideally be planted in November. |
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I plan to plant my cloves in pots to start them off, then plant out with the
rootball when they are 2"-3" tall, thus avoiding gaps in the rows where some doesn't make it, also this will allow me to plant them in newly weeded soil, giving the crop a chance to get ahead. Any reasons why I shouldn't do this? The variety is Fokhagyma. TIA Steve |
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On Sun, 16 Jan 2005 14:32:36 +0100, Magwitch wrote:
~shazzbat muttered: ~ ~ I plan to plant my cloves in pots to start them off, then plant out with the ~ rootball when they are 2"-3" tall, thus avoiding gaps in the rows where some ~ doesn't make it, also this will allow me to plant them in newly weeded soil, ~ giving the crop a chance to get ahead. ~ ~ Any reasons why I shouldn't do this? The variety is Fokhagyma. ~ ~ TIA ~ ~ Steve ~ ~ ~I read somewhere that they need some hard frosts to develop... so should ~ideally be planted in November. ~ True, the cold helps them break into many cloves. If planted too late and/or too warm, you tend to get one enormous clove. If you get them in before the end of March in the UK you are usually fine. I have in the past planted mine in modules and they have done well, but with one caveat: don't let them get rootbound in the modules. In my experience, the roots then stay in the same ball shape permanently, and the bulbs are small. If you try and tease them out they just snap, with the same result. -- jane Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone, you may still exist but you have ceased to live. Mark Twain Please remove onmaps from replies, thanks! |
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