General information and discussion about cultivating onions, garlic, shallots and leeks.
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Tomatovillian™
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Scuzi my ignorance, but what in Sam Hill does peeled garlic have to do with the price of tea in china?
Why not leave the wrapper on, surely customs........... |
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Join Date: Feb 2012
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Shrinkrap, I didn't plant anything with mite damage (that I could see) but I did the alcohol dip 3-4 minutes before planting, on the cloves from that same stock of bulbs that were stored with the bad one. Didn't dip the other ones that looked good, will see what happens.
The original stock that I planted last year from the farm (3 kinds) had been soaked in soda and seaweed but didn't have an alcohol dip. This time I just didn't have time to do the whole rigamarole but figured the alcohol is most important for tiny pests. I mulch with seaweed anyway and there's some layered into the bed I built so they'll be getting that as time goes on. MyFoot, the point of peeling wrappers to cross borders is pretty clear, when you realize that pests do hide and live in the wrappers! ![]() At least it's pretty cool you could bring them back peeled! ![]() |
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Here is an old thread from Chowhound, but it doesn't a dress peeled garlic. http://www.chowhound.com/post/customs-questions-353902 Last edited by Shrinkrap; October 12, 2016 at 11:24 AM. |
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When trading you get less garlic for the tea you trade to China that was brought from India if it is peeled. ![]() |
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I tried garlic at my last house in an earthbox and lost all of it due to rot, those things in my opinion hold onto too much water for overwintering, only time I didn't grow garlic in the ground. A large plain jane pot may do better. The first time I grew garlic I also did the complete peeling and dunking of cloves. All my garlic survived and came up except for 2 cloves I think. I don't peel and soak anymore though, just that first year and *except for the earthbox's, I haven't had any problems. Good find on that garlic.
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Here they are about a month after harvest. I left some too long, the wrappers split, and I ate them. The ones that grew hydroponically after about two months seemed to do the best.
Last edited by Shrinkrap; July 5, 2017 at 11:41 PM. |
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Glad to see your efforts paid off!
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They look great! Will you be keeping some to replant?
The garlic that I dipped in alcohol (an old tincture actually likely a bit less than 40%) is looking good but still far from harvest - they are just beginning to peep the tips of the first scapes. Besides the alcohol dip, I had some porcelain bulbs with minor mite damage on exterior wrappers that I treated and cured differently. I took them down to a clean wrapper, cut the greens off leaving about eight inches of stem, trimmed the roots to an inch or less, and used a soft brush to scrub just the root area briefly under hot running water. Then I stuck them upside down to cure - which they did very well. I ate a few and saw no sign of mites on them - in fact they looked the best of the bunch so I decided to plant just five cloves - with no alcohol dip - to see whether they were viable and mite free. They all came and are looking as good as the rest at this point. So if they come out clean as the others or better, I might try this again if I have a mitey year. The porcelains which were so appealing to mites last year, are the tall ones on the right in this pic. |
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Speaking of looking great, those look amazing! I might keep one, but they are sort of small. I might see what Creole are available around here in the fall. I especially liked that they were Creole, which should do well here, but I have not easily found them in years past. In researching these, it seems they might be a bit easier to find now, if you don't wait until the fall.
Last edited by Shrinkrap; July 6, 2017 at 10:34 PM. |
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