Preparing Garlic for Planting

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Preparing Garlic for Planting
« on: September 15, 2016, 12:04 »
This may seem like a very stupid question so I apologise in advance (im very new to all this)

I bought some garlic last year from the garden centre which grew fantasticly, I still have loads left over and I wanted to plant some so I have a 'second generation crop'.
Do I need to do anything to the bulbs before I break them up for planting?
Dry them out completly over the Rayburn or somthing like that???

Any advice would be appreciated :)

David

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Re: Preparing Garlic for Planting
« Reply #1 on: September 15, 2016, 12:21 »
I'm still growing the same garlic about 10 years since it was donated by neighbours who were going on a long holiday, so you can definitely keep it going for more than a second generation!  ;)

No special treatment required regarding drying - garlic dries much more readily than shallots or onions, so as long as the individual cloves are still firm they'll be just fine.
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Re: Preparing Garlic for Planting
« Reply #2 on: September 15, 2016, 14:21 »
I'm still growing the same garlic about 10 years since it was donated by neighbours who were going on a long holiday, so you can definitely keep it going for more than a second generation!  ;)

No special treatment required regarding drying - garlic dries much more readily than shallots or onions, so as long as the individual cloves are still firm they'll be just fine.

Thanks for the advice Jay, I hope I can keep it going for 10 years aswell, thats amazing :)


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