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[superchemicalgirl]

Sending a little love to bamadude:

 

[ChickenCanoe]

I was discussing research on dipping eggs in vitamin c prior to hatching on the incubators anonymous thread

I read something about that.
I was planning on using a dilute VC solute to wash any dirty eggs. The C is supposed to lessen stress on the embryo at the end of the incubation period.

Sorry, Canoe, I missed this the first time. I have never grown garlic, myself, but I see it growing in pastures, so I assume it grows well here. Is it a cool season plant? I really know nothing about it except that I love it on just about anything!

It grows slowly and a long season crop. Around here we plant in the fall and harvest early summer. At least that's what I've always done.

Holy Smokes! Be sure and let us know what all you catch!

I don't have time to read all that so would you mind enlightening me? What would dipping eggs in vit c do prior to hatching? Is that when they go into lock down or on the 20th day?

I caught 2 coons, 2 possums and shot a mink recently.
I'll surely keep the count updated.
I may even sue Walmart for sending the mink my way.

Stopping at the place with the garlic is going to be my favorite part of the trip. What will i tell my drinking buddies when a silkie or polish strolls by?

Tell them they taste just like chicken.

silkies do not count according to chicken math. They are not chickens, they are "Therapy Animals" and are thus exempt.

A friend of mine does have silkies and turkeys as therapy animals.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

Oooh do keep us posted and happy hunting!



Turkens are amazing cute and wonderful creatures. Open your heart.


Just make sure to get garlic that grows well and not wild stuff. You harvest the underground bulbs. The things that grow on the stalks are called scapes, and you cut them off (and cook with them). Letting them go to seed reduces the size of the bulb in the ground. Hence, why we cut them off. Garlic is one of the easiest crops to grow. Plant the bulbs pointy end up in the fall. They'll sprout and start to send up green stalks. Here in Maine when fall hits I cover them with about an inch or two of mulched leaves that my lawnmower mulches. Last year I forgot and it didn't make a big difference. The winter will hit and up here the garlic dies, and the ground is frozen many feet deep and has a ton of snow on it for 6+ months. In the spring when the ground thaws and the sun returns the garlic starts to send up shoots again (uncover the mulch at this point, although I don't think it matters if you don't) and you just let it grow. I fertilize it once it gets about a foot tall with some compost thrown into the bed. Other than that, let it grow and keep it weeded. Cut the scapes off when you see them. At some point in the growth cycle the growth will slow down and the green stalk will start to brown and fall over (like bulb onions if you're familiar). At this point the garlic is ready to harvest. Pull it up, hang it to dry. Replant in fall.
Up here we purchase hardneck garlic because it survives the winter better and stores well. This is my favorite kind: http://www.burpee.com/vegetables/ga...r-prod002399.html?omn2pd=bz&catId=2018&trail=

I let them go to seed and plant the seeds the following fall.

 

[bamadude]

Scg: those are scary looking dinosaurs. Is number 4 a silkieloceraptor?

 

[Bunnylady]

Sending a little love to bamadude:









Oh, for sure, he's gotta have some Showgirls . . . .

 

[chickisoup]

Quote: Garlic "seed"? are we talking about the same plant? I've grown garlic for most of 20 years as a cash crop (my own strain of German Porcelain) and never heard of starting garlic from seed.

 

[Lacy Blues]

I hope she never sees a turken naked neck mutant thingy.

Sending a little love to bamadude:

Showgirls! Showgirls! Showgirls!

I got a couple of those one year (it was a weak moment) and they turned out to be not very nice. It turned out though, that they were both boys! Figures!

I might need a showgirl for a house pet!

 

[vehve]

Must... have... sleep...

 

[ronott1]

Must... have... sleep...

 

[superchemicalgirl]

Scg: those are scary looking dinosaurs. Is number 4 a silkieloceraptor?

That's Miss Piggy! She's fabulous. I love all my naked necks, I have quite a few of them. The sampling above is probably about a third of what I have in the naked neck department. Miss Piggy is the only showgirl, though. I used to have Thriller, a showgirl rooster... let me see if I can find his ugly self. We did eat him. He wasn't fabulous, but he was tasty.

Garlic "seed"? are we talking about the same plant? I've grown garlic for most of 20 years as a cash crop (my own strain of German Porcelain) and never heard of starting garlic from seed.

I'd love to have a bulb of that if you're selling... or swapping! Last year I wasn't diligent in weeding (I abhor weeding) and I ended up leaving many cloves in the ground by accident. They resprouted and I ended up with nice bulbs this year when I did an early harvest. They're small but they didn't get any extra fertilizer. And they're delicious.