Comments on: There’s More to Fall Garlic than Meets the Eye

By: melendwyr

melendwyr — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:28:03 +0000

Spittlebugs are one of the few insects I’ve seen on garlic, but they take to it eagerly.

By: Kenny Point

Kenny Point — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 12:47:47 +0000

Hi Cynthia, I usually save save some of my own garlic bulbs for seed provided the crop was productive, healthy, and there is no sign of disease. Garlic is a breeze to produce your own seed and there is no worry of different varieties crossing. I also use the biggest and best looking bulbs as my seed stock. But I still often wind up buying some garlic seed just to try out new garlic varieties that I don't have.

By: Kenny Point

Kenny Point — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 12:39:26 +0000

Kate, yes you can space your garlic seed much closer together if your intention is to harvest spring or baby garlic. Sometimes I'll plant a section of garlic with just that in mind. Also if you miss digging up any of the previous season's garlic harvest the whole bulbs that were left in the ground will send up clumps of baby garlic that can be treated as spring garlic or a companion plant for the garden.

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 11:19:38 +0000

I had such a good crop of Fireball garlic last year, that I used some of the best cloves for planting last week. Hope that works. Have others saved their own bulbs or are you buying new ones every year?

By: themanicgardener

themanicgardener — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 22:17:43 +0000

Ah. Thanks for clarifying. Fluffius Muppitus says that if you plant several cloves close together you can pull them early as spring garlic. Have you ever heard of that?
–Kate

By: Kenny Point

Kenny Point — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:59:55 +0000

Susy, if you like garlic I think that you will be very pleased with the differences between store bought garlic and what will be harvested out of your garden. There is just such a big range of flavors and levels of spiciness.

Hi Kate, thanks for stopping by and sharing this over at Botanical. I do separate the garlic bulbs into individual cloves before planting.

By: themanicgardener

themanicgardener — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 21:22:54 +0000

There have been a half-dozen or more garlic-planting posts on the Blotanical lists recently, but this one is by far the most thorough. Thank you!

I do have a question: you appear to be planting whole bulbs, while Compostings says to break the bulb up and plant individual cloves. ???

I tried to “pick” this post at Blotanical, but it’s not showing properly. I left a message about this at your plot–

–Kate

By: Susy

Susy — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 13:56:43 +0000

I planted my garlic last Friday. I bought from a place you recommended on your blog earlier this summer. Can’t wait for super tasty homegrown garlic next year!