2019-2020 Onion Chronicles. - Page 5

Worth1 · November 29, 2019

While separating red Mexican hard neck garlic for cooking I ran across a huge single clove about 1/2 the size of a golf ball.
Ran out to the garden and planted it.

As of yet, I have no idea if any of this red garlic will come up.
Time will tell.

Worth1 · December 1, 2019

Elephant garlic and a spider.
Other garlic and the Mexican red garlic starting to sprout.
The elephant garlic planted in the ground has all came up too.
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Worth1 · December 3, 2019

Came home and before going in pulled all the little weed sprouts.
This will be an ongoing process until all the seeds stop sprouting.
Onions almost ready to transfer to another area.
Probably this weekend.

Worth1 · December 5, 2019

Transplanted some wee onion sprouts into a container, 'five in all; one in the middle and four around it.
Found two open places in the garlic container and planted two there.
Two more in the soil where the elephant garlic it growing.
Did more weeding in the garlic container.
Need to lay off the watering in the three big containers they dont need it til the top of the soil dries out more.
The Mexican red garlic is a lighter green and I dont now if it is due to type or needing more nitrogen.
The cabbage next to it looks fine.

bower · December 6, 2019

Laying off the watering is a good idea for garlic, they can be stressed if there's too much. I had a garlic come up quite yellow last spring, which afterwards became a proper green. That was due to stress- very likely, too much water stress.

My garlic varieties all seem to have a similar shade of green, but I've seen leeks of different shades, and my shallot patch has multiple greens from almost a lime to green-blue. And I think TomNJ mentioned he has a garlic which is a different green than the other as well. So it's always possible that Mexican variety is just different.

Worth1 · December 7, 2019

Nope just the wee onion babies, the rest are doing fine.
As for the yellow garlic shoots I have no idea hard to keep it watered enough.
The grocery store green onions are growing like gang busters.

Worth1 · December 7, 2019

Why the name of the thread?????
I have been forgetting to explain the reason why.
As many of you know the word chronicle means to basically record an event or events and so on.
It can be a noun or a verb depending on the usage.
This is the reason for the dates on every post.

Medbury Gardens · December 20, 2019

Early summer here and this growing season I bought seed from the UK of Mammoth Improved https://www.mammothonion.co.uk/cgi-b...=showprod_ONP1

Got two lots growing one in my tunnelhouse and the other outside, an impressive onion with leaves a metre tall. I planto use this onion as part of a cross breeding project.

November 29, 2019	#61
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	11/28/2019 While separating red Mexican hard neck garlic for cooking I ran across a huge single clove about 1/2 the size of a golf ball. Ran out to the garden and planted it. As of yet, I have no idea if any of this red garlic will come up. Time will tell.

December 1, 2019	#62
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	12/1/2019 Elephant garlic and a spider. Other garlic and the Mexican red garlic starting to sprout. The elephant garlic planted in the ground has all came up too. IMG_20191201_4880.jpg IMG_20191201_22834.jpg IMG_20191201_5163.jpg IMG_20191201_6847.jpg IMG_20191201_16232.jpg

December 3, 2019	#63
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	12/2/2019 Came home and before going in pulled all the little weed sprouts. This will be an ongoing process until all the seeds stop sprouting. Onions almost ready to transfer to another area. Probably this weekend.

December 5, 2019	#64
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	12/5/2019 Transplanted some wee onion sprouts into a container, 'five in all; one in the middle and four around it. Found two open places in the garlic container and planted two there. Two more in the soil where the elephant garlic it growing. Did more weeding in the garlic container. Need to lay off the watering in the three big containers they dont need it til the top of the soil dries out more. The Mexican red garlic is a lighter green and I dont now if it is due to type or needing more nitrogen. The cabbage next to it looks fine.

December 7, 2019	#66
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	12/7/2019 Nope just the wee onion babies, the rest are doing fine. As for the yellow garlic shoots I have no idea hard to keep it watered enough. The grocery store green onions are growing like gang busters.

December 6, 2019	#65
bower Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2012 Location: Newfoundland, Canada Posts: 6,794	Laying off the watering is a good idea for garlic, they can be stressed if there's too much. I had a garlic come up quite yellow last spring, which afterwards became a proper green. That was due to stress- very likely, too much water stress. My garlic varieties all seem to have a similar shade of green, but I've seen leeks of different shades, and my shallot patch has multiple greens from almost a lime to green-blue. And I think TomNJ mentioned he has a garlic which is a different green than the other as well. So it's always possible that Mexican variety is just different.

December 7, 2019	#67
Worth1 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Den of Drunken Fools Posts: 38,539	12/7/2019 Why the name of the thread????? I have been forgetting to explain the reason why. As many of you know the word chronicle means to basically record an event or events and so on. It can be a noun or a verb depending on the usage. This is the reason for the dates on every post.

December 20, 2019	#68
Medbury Gardens Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Medbury, New Zealand Posts: 1,881	Early summer here and this growing season I bought seed from the UK of Mammoth Improved https://www.mammothonion.co.uk/cgi-b...=showprod_ONP1 Got two lots growing one in my tunnelhouse and the other outside, an impressive onion with leaves a metre tall. I planto use this onion as part of a cross breeding project. __________________ Richard