Growing Garlic

Hopefully I will be able to build a shade house soon
My idea is to use the soil one or 2 years, then I put in a thin concrete floor and I bring in soil from outside. Before bringing it inside, I will put it on black plastic, moisten and cover with black plastic and keep in the sun.
Hopefully that will get rid of the termites, nematodes and (some of the) weeds
 
badjak said:
Hopefully I will be able to build a shade house soon
My idea is to use the soil one or 2 years, then I put in a thin concrete floor and I bring in soil from outside. Before bringing it inside, I will put it on black plastic, moisten and cover with black plastic and keep in the sun.
Hopefully that will get rid of the termites, nematodes and (some of the) weeds
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You're talking about using occultation. I went with solarization since that brought my soil temp up to 152°F and it killed all the grubs. There's an article here on both of those methods with pros and cons.
 
Barriehie said:
You're talking about using occultation. I went with solarization since that brought my soil temp up to 152°F and it killed all the grubs. There's an article here on both of those methods with pros and cons.
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It's a variation on steaming as is done a lot in Dutch greenhouses...
I just figure I can use our natural heat...
I'll read the article just now
 
Have some garlic that's beginning to sprout. Still ok to plant and get garlic bulbs this season? Or is it best put into a pot for on the kitchen window sill next to the mint? 🌱🙂
 
Z-Cook said:
Have some garlic that's beginning to sprout. Still ok to plant and get garlic bulbs this season? Or is it best put into a pot for on the kitchen window sill next to the mint? 🌱🙂
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I'd say plant in pots and outside but not all at once. Pot them and keep them inside for a week to get over root shock. Transition them outside over a few days, I'd do 4, and then outside until harvest.

Garlic needs 6 to 8 hours of sun a day and since you're in AZ your winter, at this point, can't be worse than mine. My plants are coming out of a 2 week spell of temps < 20°F. and look like this:
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👍👌🙏
 
Barriehie said:
I'd say plant in pots and outside but not all at once. Pot them and keep them inside for a week to get over root shock. Transition them outside over a few days, I'd do 4, and then outside until harvest.

Garlic needs 6 to 8 hours of sun a day and since you're in AZ your winter, at this point, can't be worse than mine. My plants are coming out of a 2 week spell of temps < 20°F. and look like this:View attachment 141577
👍👌🙏
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Wow. Amazingly hardy. We've had a mild winter this year 🤞 and as usual the main consideration is always moisture. Will start indoors, then. Also good for garlic shoots if nothing else 🙂
 
Z-Cook said:
Wow. Amazingly hardy. We've had a mild winter this year 🤞 and as usual the main consideration is always moisture. Will start indoors, then. Also good for garlic shoots if nothing else 🙂
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When they start making flowers you can harvest the scapes. Doing this makes bigger bulbs. They look a lot like green onions but taste like garlic! I'll post pics when mine start making them since I'll be harvesting before you.
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Barriehie said:
When they start making flowers you can harvest the scapes. Doing this makes bigger bulbs. They look a lot like green onions but taste like garlic! I'll post pics when mine start making them since I'll be harvesting before you.View attachment 141578
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Are the scapes the whole growing part or just the leaves? Is the flower stem part of the scape, that is?
 
Z-Cook said:
Are the scapes the whole growing part or just the leaves? Is the flower stem part of the scape, that is?
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The scape is a shoot(s) coming out of the middle and has a bump in the end that's growing into a new clove. The plant grows these and they lean out away from the plant to make another plant.

The tubular part is a scape.
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I bought my Purple Creole from Keene Organics.
 
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