I thought they were goners

GoDawgs · November 26, 2019

This year I'm trying two new-to-me garlics, Siberian and Russian Inferno, in addition to the Maiskij and Shilla I've grown for the past three years. All were planted the Oct 14 at 4" deep. All but the Siberian were up by Oct 28. No sign of the Siberians. I wonder why because the cloves that were planted looked just fine.

Then lo AND behold, a couple of days ago, 39 days after planting, I happened to notice that four were poking up above the straw mulch! Today there's a total of seven out of 19 planted that are up. I peeked under the mulch in a few places and a few more are coming.

If any of you have grown Siberian, can you tell me if taking a long time to come up is the norm for this variety? Maybe 4" deep is too much for them? The inquiring mind wants to figure out why.

November 26, 2019	#1
GoDawgs Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2018 Location: Augusta area, Georgia, 8a/7b Posts: 1,685	I thought they were goners This year I'm trying two new-to-me garlics, Siberian and Russian Inferno, in addition to the Maiskij and Shilla I've grown for the past three years. All were planted the Oct 14 at 4" deep. All but the Siberian were up by Oct 28. No sign of the Siberians. I wonder why because the cloves that were planted looked just fine. Then lo AND behold, a couple of days ago, 39 days after planting, I happened to notice that four were poking up above the straw mulch! Today there's a total of seven out of 19 planted that are up. I peeked under the mulch in a few places and a few more are coming. If any of you have grown Siberian, can you tell me if taking a long time to come up is the norm for this variety? Maybe 4" deep is too much for them? The inquiring mind wants to figure out why.