It's that time! I know some have already planted, since they are much colder, and some even warmer than I am have planted theirs. I always wait until about a week into November, and this year is much warmer than usual - in the 70s for a while. I got my ground ready a couple of days ago, and today I started working on the garlic.
I got all of my garlic separated, and counted out, and it will be soaking overnight in a solution of kelp and potassium bicarbonate, then tomorrow, I'll rinse them briefly in 50% isopropyl alcohol, and plant.
I have 32 huge cloves of German Extra Hardy from a pound of seed garlic, and the same number of cloves almost as large, from just under a pound of Estonian Red, using my largest heads. Then 60 cloves of Metechi from a pound of seed garlic - still large cloves, just not huge like those other two. And I have 33 cloves of Montana Giant, from a little over a pound, from last season. Any extra area I have will get planted with shallots. And maybe some elsewhere, too.
So what are the other garlic lovers out there growing for next year?
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I’ll be planting an undifferentiated selection of Music and ‘Redneck Riviera’, once I get enough yacon dug to use that space. we have a newborn in the house, so I feel behind on this and many other things, but the yacon froze out a week ago, so the timing’s actually perfect for that, and I’ve planted garlic later than this and still had decent yields...just need to find the time to do it.