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
 
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