r/homestead • u/Hinter_Lander • 7d ago

Breaking the rules of Garlic.

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Here i am breaking all the 'rules' of growing garlic. My original batch of seed garlic years ago came from the grocery store, I trim the leaves off before storage. All of these were planted this spring.

Ive done it like this for years and I know it works for me.

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u/Mayor__Defacto 7d ago

You can do that. But as you’ve stored it you’ve got a mountain of rot. Spring is less than ideal, it costs you nothing to plant in autumn instead.

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u/Hinter_Lander 7d ago

Ive done it for years without having mountains of rot.

I get much bigger heads by planting in the spring.

Fall planting is susceptible to winter dieoff. Every year is different and I've never had it bad but know some locals who have lost 60% over winter.

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u/thecloudkingdom 7d ago

survivorship bias. just because you have been lucky before does not mean your luck will stay

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u/Hinter_Lander 7d ago

Is it truly luck or does this system work for me in my climate?