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That's an interesting reason to join...lol. 
I saw someone posting with an animated avatar that was just how I felt. I commented on it...lol. Been here since.
The Finn must have been Felix and the "one" from Alabama - is no longer on BYC.
Thank you. They are growing so fast, i am going to need a coop for them soon. Thinking of housing them with the goats when i build their shelter. It is next in line after the coop unless i have to build a bigger brooder. Lots of fence yet to put up. And hot wires. Phew, i better concentrate on one project at a time.WOW! That's a nice tractor! I'm glad your guineas are doing well.
They look interesting. I don't think my garlic is doing so great, but i wanted to try and grow it.
What kind of garlic are you trying to grow (hard or soft) and why don't you think it's doing well? When did you plant it?
Good Sunday morning everyone.
That tractor is great, @CapricornFarm. Very well done.
I'm anxious to hear about the garlic, @Beer can. I had a friend dig up garlic and give it to me late spring last year. I had no choice but to stick it in the ground and hope for the best. It has never done anything. It comes up in the spring, looks like onion sprouts, then it dies back and I wind up mowing it down. The sprouts have a very strong garlic smell to them but they have never formed heads. I'm pretty sure that it is due to the time of the year I planted it. Am I correct?
It's raining here! YAY! Everything is so dry and brown. At least we missed the heavy rain that they got south of us in KC and across the central part of the state.
That tractor is great, @CapricornFarm. Very well done.
I'm anxious to hear about the garlic, @Beer can. I had a friend dig up garlic and give it to me late spring last year. I had no choice but to stick it in the ground and hope for the best. It has never done anything. It comes up in the spring, looks like onion sprouts, then it dies back and I wind up mowing it down. The sprouts have a very strong garlic smell to them but they have never formed heads. I'm pretty sure that it is due to the time of the year I planted it. Am I correct?
It's raining here! YAY! Everything is so dry and brown. At least we missed the heavy rain that they got south of us in KC and across the central part of the state.
I guess it's hard garlic. Planted in June i think. Some of them never grew tops, and others the tops just don't look like much.
Keep in mind I'm in New England, but the hard garlic is what we grow up here. It likes our weather and sun patterns. Hard neck has a hard neck (duh) but it also grows scapes in the spring. I have zero experience with soft neck but know they don't form scapes.
I plant in the late fall, one clove of garlic about 3 to 4 inches apart in all directions from the next clove. It will start to come up, little green sprouts. You can, at this point, mulch it with leaves to "protect" it from winter. Sometimes I do, sometimes I forget. It doesn't seem to be a big deal in my experience. I mean we get some serious winter around here and the plants survived each year without the mulch.
In the fall I also throw chicken poop directly on the beds, usually around the same time I plant. I know, it's contrary to what we hear about chicken poo as fertilizer, but so far I haven't had a negative outcome.
Cue winter. The ground freezes, snow piles on top. For months. On end.
Spring comes, it thaws and begins to grow again.
In the spring after it starts to come up I duck poo water it a few times.
Early summer the plants will start to grow out scapes. As soon as I see them, I cut them off. It takes about 10 days for all the scapes to come up, and I just keep cutting them every few days. If you leave the scapes on you will get a bad yield because the plant will put its energy into the scape and not the head.
I continue to duck poo water them every other week or so. Then you'll see the leaves start turning brown. When the bottom two leaves are browning, I pull the heads. Leave the leaves on, and dry them for 2 weeks or so. Then you can cut the roots and leaves off to make it look like normal garlic.
I'm thinking you need to plant yours in November/December time period to allow a little bit of growing, then stop for winter, then continue to grow. You'll likely harvest early in summer.
I plant in the late fall, one clove of garlic about 3 to 4 inches apart in all directions from the next clove. It will start to come up, little green sprouts. You can, at this point, mulch it with leaves to "protect" it from winter. Sometimes I do, sometimes I forget. It doesn't seem to be a big deal in my experience. I mean we get some serious winter around here and the plants survived each year without the mulch.
In the fall I also throw chicken poop directly on the beds, usually around the same time I plant. I know, it's contrary to what we hear about chicken poo as fertilizer, but so far I haven't had a negative outcome.
Cue winter. The ground freezes, snow piles on top. For months. On end.
Spring comes, it thaws and begins to grow again.
In the spring after it starts to come up I duck poo water it a few times.
Early summer the plants will start to grow out scapes. As soon as I see them, I cut them off. It takes about 10 days for all the scapes to come up, and I just keep cutting them every few days. If you leave the scapes on you will get a bad yield because the plant will put its energy into the scape and not the head.
I continue to duck poo water them every other week or so. Then you'll see the leaves start turning brown. When the bottom two leaves are browning, I pull the heads. Leave the leaves on, and dry them for 2 weeks or so. Then you can cut the roots and leaves off to make it look like normal garlic.
I'm thinking you need to plant yours in November/December time period to allow a little bit of growing, then stop for winter, then continue to grow. You'll likely harvest early in summer.
Looks like a good start.
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