Help! Elephant ear bulbs - can you "skip" a year?
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Elephant garlic?
I planted some in fall along with "regular" garlic. Can't remeber which one off the top of my head now.
But from what I have read (not a gardener hear just alot of reading) garlic will not tolerate long term storage.
That being said plant in fall, dig it up when ready, dry it, plant it in fall.
The rest should about make it until the new crop comes in next year but that's about it, and seemed like a bit of a strech if you stored the bulbs. Powdered is another story.
As a side note, I bought some late too, Feb/March. It started growing in the bag in my house. So proper storage is going to be the big issue. Keep it dry.
But like I said I don't have any experiance either.
Oh a side note, make sure you break the bulbs apart. 1 bulb of garlic should be atleast 8 to 10 plants.
Put the pointed end up when planting.
I planted some in fall along with "regular" garlic. Can't remeber which one off the top of my head now.
But from what I have read (not a gardener hear just alot of reading) garlic will not tolerate long term storage.
That being said plant in fall, dig it up when ready, dry it, plant it in fall.
The rest should about make it until the new crop comes in next year but that's about it, and seemed like a bit of a strech if you stored the bulbs. Powdered is another story.
As a side note, I bought some late too, Feb/March. It started growing in the bag in my house. So proper storage is going to be the big issue. Keep it dry.
But like I said I don't have any experiance either.
Oh a side note, make sure you break the bulbs apart. 1 bulb of garlic should be atleast 8 to 10 plants.
Put the pointed end up when planting.
Not elephant garlic, but elephant ear bulbs 'Colocasia' which is a tropical foliage plant!
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