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Posted: 10/8/2016 6:02:59 PM EDT

A few weeks earlier than I wanted, but the trout are calling to me, so I have to go.

About 100 music and around 65 Korean Red.

Posted: 10/9/2016 9:11:44 AM EDT

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I'm zone 7, VA Piedmont. Last year was my first garlic batch. Planted Music, Red German garlic in late Oct, Colossal in mid Nov and Elephant garlic early Dec. I found that all but the Dec plantings got some top freeze. I only planted them maybe 2" deep. Better results going deeper? My local supplier doubled the prices this year. Any supply recommendations? Other garlic types to consider?

Posted: 10/9/2016 9:24:27 AM EDT

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Hmmmmmm I might try this out today. Love garlic. Any tips for success?

Posted: 10/9/2016 11:23:11 AM EDT

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I'm zone 7, VA Piedmont. Last year was my first garlic batch. Planted Music, Red German garlic in late Oct, Colossal in mid Nov and Elephant garlic early Dec. I found that all but the Dec plantings got some top freeze. I only planted them maybe 2" deep. Better results going deeper? My local supplier doubled the prices this year. Any supply recommendations? Other garlic types to consider?

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Most places are sold out of planting stock by now. As for planting times, you just have to use what works best for your area. I can get away with planting now this far North without too much damage if they do sprout. 2-3" deep should be fine.

I only plant hardneck up here. I tried softneck and it didn't seem to like the climate.

Posted: 10/10/2016 8:58:56 PM EDT

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I need to work on planting mine. First frost tonight!

Posted: 10/10/2016 11:55:11 PM EDT

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Oh seriously???

That means we won't be far behind.

I am not ready.

Posted: 10/11/2016 1:24:02 PM EDT

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We had our first frost last night and it was a pretty good one. I'm not ready for it either.......the thought of another heating season bums me out.

We'll get our garlic in in the next couple weeks. Had a nice crop this year so have abundant cloves for planting.

Posted: 10/12/2016 12:08:26 AM EDT

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We had our first frost last night and it was a pretty good one. I'm not ready for it either.......the thought of another heating season bums me out.

We'll get our garlic in in the next couple weeks. Had a nice crop this year so have abundant cloves for planting.

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Feral!!!

Good to see you.

Posted: 10/12/2016 6:43:57 AM EDT

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We had our first frost last night and it was a pretty good one. I'm not ready for it either.......the thought of another heating season bums me out.

We'll get our garlic in in the next couple weeks. Had a nice crop this year so have abundant cloves for planting.

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I could have planted more, but 160 plants is more than enough for me.

Posted: 10/12/2016 8:52:13 AM EDT

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I could have planted more, but 160 plants is more than enough for me.

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We had our first frost last night and it was a pretty good one. I'm not ready for it either.......the thought of another heating season bums me out.

We'll get our garlic in in the next couple weeks. Had a nice crop this year so have abundant cloves for planting.

I could have planted more, but 160 plants is more than enough for me.

I think we did about 300 plants this year. Once Mrs. Feral gets to planting I just stay out of her way.

Hi Kitties!

Posted: 10/14/2016 5:49:31 PM EDT

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Planting tomorrow. I'm dropping down to a hundred or so cloves this year.

Posted: 10/14/2016 8:27:05 PM EDT

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Yeah, 100 is about right for my use too. The only reason I have more is because I'm branching out into the Korean and I'm trying to get some nice size heads of it for planting stock.

Posted: 10/15/2016 1:27:08 PM EDT

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Apparently I had garlic that I didn't harvest and has sprouted 3" plants already

I'll unbunch and transplant whenever we get some rain, but these seem like they will be quite vulnerable unless the winter is mild.

Posted: 10/15/2016 7:59:57 PM EDT

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I'm getting the retaining wall made of railroad ties replaced with blocks. They have already dropped off the blocks and are going
to start work on Monday. I don't know how long it will take. Maybe only a couple of days. I have the entire following week off from
work so I'll get my garlic in then.

I ordered some Music which came in yesterday, along with some Yellow Multiplier onions and French Shallots. I'll be planting those as well.

I will update my garlic thread when they go into the ground.

Also, this is the end result of the Black Turtle Beans I planted after harvesting the garlic this summer.

This isn't ideal. The plants should really have mostly yellow leaves, but as noted above, I am replacing the retaining wall and all the plants have to go.

Close-up of bean pods. I am using these as dried beans and hopefully they are all mature enough.

These are the roots. I inoculated the soil with Rhizobia which are nitrogen-fixing bacteria. They live symbiotically in nodules with the plant roots. The plant gives the bacteria sugar and the bacteria in turn fix nitrogen using the energy from the sugar and feed the plant nitrogen in the form of ammonia. You can see the nodules on these roots.

I'm sure those of you living in more southern regions would do better given the longer growing season.

Posted: 10/15/2016 9:17:53 PM EDT

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Apparently I had garlic that I didn't harvest and has sprouted 3" plants already

I'll unbunch and transplant whenever we get some rain, but these seem like they will be quite vulnerable unless the winter is mild.

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It's pretty resilient. I wouldn't worry about it too much. Chances are it will live. Might have some frost damage, but it's more superficial than anything else.