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Gardening

Bristlecone

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3. We planted ours last fall and it grew wonderfully

Reply to onethatcares (Original post)

Tue Sep 26, 2023, 06:00 PM

Sep 2023

All spring and summer. The stalks are almost completely fallen over now, so probably time to harvest.

When we planted ours, we covered the planted clove pieces with pine needle straw and did the occasional winter watering.

This at about 6200’ feet elevation in S Denver Metro. Zone 5b, so not quite the same as 10a…

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garlic, does anyone grow it? [View all] onethatcares Sep 2023 OP

It really is a low maintenance thing to grow Siwsan Sep 2023 #1

Don't know about zones or 'starter pots'....... MyOwnPeace Sep 2023 #2

I used to store my peeled cloves in a canning jar of vinegar or sherry in the niyad Sep 2023 #6

We planted ours last fall and it grew wonderfully Bristlecone Sep 2023 #3

I usually harvest when orthoclad Sep 2023 #8

It grows well in my neck of the woods (zone 4), but I don't like it Ocelot II Sep 2023 #4

We have a very large garlic farm about a mile from us. Good loamy soil and drainage. erronis Sep 2023 #5

Easy to grow orthoclad Sep 2023 #7

As soon as the bulbs I have grow roots onethatcares Sep 2023 #9

Ah! I see orthoclad Sep 2023 #11

it's one of the easiest up north ShepKat Sep 2023 #10

western NC here - I just plant cloves in September, and harvest them in June NewHendoLib Oct 2023 #12

Hard neck purple and soft neck for storage codfisherman Nov 2023 #13