Don't wait for October before planting out next year's garlic crop. Maximise rising humidity held in the growing surface by deep mulching. Cinder grey,"sunny skies" indicate the need for early planting. Garlic needs deep roots and well established leaf if is to survive the possibility of frost.
Garlic cloves as big as hens' eggs. escape being devoured this season. Early planting for these maximising exposure to sunshine. Due to be harvested October next year. It should produce enormous results. Tiny perfectly formed garlic bulblets and regular softnecked and hardnecked bulbs will all be planted in a common bed. Magnesium Sulphate (Epsom salts) is a worthy supplement, a frequent deficiency in over worked soil. We have tiny clumps of randomly planted garlic scattered about the garden., leftovers from previous plantings. Usually the weediest of several regular plantings, year by year. No way to accurately make comparisons nor collect intelligence that would objectively serve our practical permanent progress. We are both looking forward to becoming minor domestic, "garlic experts" The learning curve looks like being a tasty lesson.
Salvaged , bulblets to giant cloves, will be added to our regular seasons planting stock. I hope you enjoy my published "garlic journey" over the coming year. We aren't doing this for fun, but its fun.
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