Other Gardening General Discussion
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Subject: New garlic bed
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Peace, Wayne |
Owensboro, Ky.
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I have just planted garlic for harvest next summer, and the directions said to add 2 to 3" of mulch. Leaves have not fallen here yet, and my grass clippings are full o seeds. I have several acres of freshly harvested soybeans...would gathering the leftovers from the soybean harvest, and mulching w/ that stuff be a viable alternative? Peace, Wayne
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10/23/2008 10:29:43 PM
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Captain Cold Weather |
Boulder County Colorado USA planet Earth
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Wayne the idea of mulching garlic in winter, is so that the bed dosent dry out and it protects the garlic from the elements.
I would try it and see if it works. sounds good as long as there are not any weed seeds.
Don't use grass hay, I have had wheat/barely straw sprout in the bed and take over my garlic in yrs past.
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10/24/2008 8:54:51 AM
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Captain Cold Weather |
Boulder County Colorado USA planet Earth
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I forgot to mention that I put a little manure ontop of the mulch.(it eventually gets worked into the soil,)
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10/24/2008 9:22:46 AM
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Engel's Great Pumpkins and Carvings |
Menomonie, WI (mail@gr8pumpkin.net)
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SoyBean Straw will reduce your PH greatly..It has the same PH as peat moss. It is great for increasing organic matter.
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10/24/2008 1:12:42 PM
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Captain Cold Weather |
Boulder County Colorado USA planet Earth
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wow thanks shannon I didnt know that.
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10/24/2008 2:20:35 PM
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big moon |
Bethlehem CT
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I don't usually worry about mulching them until the weather becomes reliably cold. Late November,December.
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10/27/2008 6:17:24 PM
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croley bend |
Williamsburg,KY
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Wayne, I never mulch my garlic, in fact, I cant get rid of the garlic I have fast enough. Ive never had a problem with it freezing. I planted elephant garlic and it grows anywhere and the cloves are as big as your fist.
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10/28/2008 5:13:35 PM
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