Yesterday I planted the first of my garlic for next year! I planted the brown Saxon, Georgian fire, northern Quebec and red Russian. I actually ended up having 23 cloves of each variety. I planted them each in a single row with the rows 8” apart and the cloves 6” apart. The rows have all been marked and I also have a plan on paper should the row labels get destroyed (they are laminated and hockey taped on so I feel pretty safe). I have taken pictures of each of the varieties in the bulb and clove form to document them for future reference.
This garlic was just broken apart into clove form and planted, there wasn’t anything done to it. I still have the music and McEwen’s red to plant, I wasn’t properly prepared yesterday and ran out of time. And today it is raining so on the next decent day I will plant the final few rows. With the music garlic for half of them I am going to peel the cloves and soak them in a mixture of water and baking soda to help destroy any diseases.
The polish white I am going to leave where it is and just thin out the plants. They are currently only and inch apart so will probably thin 4 out of every 5.
I recently received “the complete book of garlic” for my birthday and will be reading that in-depth to learn everything I can.
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