Are you me? somehow I always fucked up the garlic. Sometimes it was only 10% of what was planted. And the plants were so-so. Then one year I only had one giant garlic from the whole square? This was so weird.
Some time ago we found out my SO is allergic to garlic, so that’s not an issue anymore; maybe life wanted to tell me something ….
Edit: just remembered. The year I gave up on garlic. Just made optimal soil for garlic and a new place where it was sunnier. Every single plant decided they wanted to be grass and only grew the upper green part. No Bulbs. Waited another year, maybe I accidentally chose two year Bulbs. Nope. Never again.
It doesn’t grow here either. My grandma who was in Arkansas grew garlic, I think it needs both cool and dry, we have neither of those here.
Stokes Purple Sweet Potato though? It is like that. Chuck it in a pot of dirt, wait a few months, dump it out, full of potatoes. Okra, broccoli, cauliflower, eggplant, watermelon, all sorts of food plants I’ve had good results with but nothing that bulbs underground except those purple sweet potatoes.
Enjoy waiting ten months for your garlic harvest, if you planted it in the correct season, that is.
Been growing plants and gardening for 35 years. Have never once had success with garlic.
Are you me? somehow I always fucked up the garlic. Sometimes it was only 10% of what was planted. And the plants were so-so. Then one year I only had one giant garlic from the whole square? This was so weird.
Some time ago we found out my SO is allergic to garlic, so that’s not an issue anymore; maybe life wanted to tell me something ….
Edit: just remembered. The year I gave up on garlic. Just made optimal soil for garlic and a new place where it was sunnier. Every single plant decided they wanted to be grass and only grew the upper green part. No Bulbs. Waited another year, maybe I accidentally chose two year Bulbs. Nope. Never again.
It doesn’t grow here either. My grandma who was in Arkansas grew garlic, I think it needs both cool and dry, we have neither of those here.
Stokes Purple Sweet Potato though? It is like that. Chuck it in a pot of dirt, wait a few months, dump it out, full of potatoes. Okra, broccoli, cauliflower, eggplant, watermelon, all sorts of food plants I’ve had good results with but nothing that bulbs underground except those purple sweet potatoes.