Comments on: onions and garlic, in frugal perpetuity http://awaytogarden.com/onions-and-garlic-in-frugal-perpetuity Organic gardening inspiration from Margaret Roach Sun, 12 Feb 2012 02:28:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Carla http://awaytogarden.com/onions-and-garlic-in-frugal-perpetuity/comment-page-1#comment-74807 Carla Sat, 09 Jul 2011 16:22:04 +0000 http://awaytogarden.com/?p=1608#comment-74807 I just harvested my first garlic crop. I pureed the dented or damaged in any way cloves with olive oil and froze it. I hung the rest in a dark bathroom to cure with stalk and leaves intact. I also harvested onions grown from sets today. I've read garlic needs to be kept away from light as it turns green. Is that a very, very strict thing or a mostly dim area be adequate? Have you ever used the garlic bulbils that happen if you forget to remove the scapes? I froze them thinking they might be good. I just harvested my first garlic crop. I pureed the dented or damaged in any way cloves with olive oil and froze it. I hung the rest in a dark bathroom to cure with stalk and leaves intact. I also harvested onions grown from sets today.

I’ve read garlic needs to be kept away from light as it turns green. Is that a very, very strict thing or a mostly dim area be adequate?

Have you ever used the garlic bulbils that happen if you forget to remove the scapes? I froze them thinking they might be good.

]]> By: Margaret http://awaytogarden.com/onions-and-garlic-in-frugal-perpetuity/comment-page-1#comment-74206 Margaret Thu, 07 Jul 2011 16:01:45 +0000 http://awaytogarden.com/?p=1608#comment-74206 Hi, Kelly. I gave up. :) I didn't have much multiplication, either, and I didn't make them very happy as you describe, too. I will be interested to know how they do with the lighter-weight insulation -- keep us posted! Hi, Kelly. I gave up. :) I didn’t have much multiplication, either, and I didn’t make them very happy as you describe, too. I will be interested to know how they do with the lighter-weight insulation — keep us posted!

]]> By: Kelly Custer http://awaytogarden.com/onions-and-garlic-in-frugal-perpetuity/comment-page-1#comment-74055 Kelly Custer Thu, 07 Jul 2011 01:41:46 +0000 http://awaytogarden.com/?p=1608#comment-74055 Wondering how your multiplier/potato onion growing is going? I've grown them 2 years fall planting in z5a, with protection. So far just enough to multiply my stock for a good planting this fall. The first year they didn't multiply much I think b/c I had them planted too deeply. This year I pulled the dirt off in spring to two inches, but I broke some of my plants, and it just seemed too disruptive overall. So next I will use a deep leaf mulch instead of extra soil, and continue to plant under remay or cold frame as well. Also, I love walking onions. They are one of the first things I eat in the spring, and last to eat in the fall. So easy and abundant! I harvested bulbs today for my soup, and they cooked nicely (weren't woody in a long cooking soup, anyway). Wondering how your multiplier/potato onion growing is going? I’ve grown them 2 years fall planting in z5a, with protection. So far just enough to multiply my stock for a good planting this fall. The first year they didn’t multiply much I think b/c I had them planted too deeply. This year I pulled the dirt off in spring to two inches, but I broke some of my plants, and it just seemed too disruptive overall. So next I will use a deep leaf mulch instead of extra soil, and continue to plant under remay or cold frame as well.

Also, I love walking onions. They are one of the first things I eat in the spring, and last to eat in the fall. So easy and abundant! I harvested bulbs today for my soup, and they cooked nicely (weren’t woody in a long cooking soup, anyway).

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