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  • #1

    Something I've wondered about..........

    With a possible answer.

    Why does garlic need to be planted UNDER the soil? I know it is more closely related to leeks than onions but has a similar rootspan to leeks/onions and shallots, so giving it stability.

    To try and answer my own question, I reckon its for the soil to support the stem and prevent wind rock?

    That would mean they COULD be grown above ground like a show leek with support, or like a shallot!

    Unless you lot know better that is?
    My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
    to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

    Diversify & prosper


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    After my garlic experiments last year; I'd say it's because the cloves turn green when exposed to light and we want them white.

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    • #3
      Maybe cos garlic is planted before winter so has to shelter from frost and shallots are planted when the weather is meant to be getting better ?
      S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
      a batch of jam is always an act of creation ..Christine Ferber

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      • #4
        Eurgh... sorry, just reading the posts above... does that mean shallots have to be planted above the soil?

        I just buried mine today.
        Last edited by WeeGarden; 07-03-2010, 09:47 PM.
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        • #5
          You leave the tips sticking out.
          S*d the housework I have a lottie to dig
          a batch of jam is always an act of creation ..Christine Ferber

          You can't beat a bit of garden porn

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          • #6
            Thanks! I have left a tiny bit of tip poking out to remind me they're there. Buried the rest of the shallot though. Might lift them out a bit tomorrow.
            http://www.weeveggiepatch.blogspot.com

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            • #7
              I'd leave them now Wee. Let them get some roots down. Then in a few weeks, get something like a small dibber and just loosen the soil around them and brush the soil away. I only have the very tips showing until the spring and then just loosen and brush the soil away once they have got going. I find if they are out too far they don't get properly established and can fall over or get pecked out.

              They often push themselves out anyway.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by zazen999 View Post
                After my garlic experiments last year; I'd say it's because the cloves turn green when exposed to light and we want them white.
                Green garlic?............Now there's a novelty!
                My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
                to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)

                Diversify & prosper


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