Garlic Braiding

Christy Wilhelmi of Gardenerd.com shows you how to braid garlic easily. Grow your own and display it in your kitchen. Visit www.gardenerd.com for more tips and tidbits on organic gardening.

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[Caviar100]

Hi again

I love this variety of garlic

however you've only trimmed the roots a little leaving behind maybe a quarter inch to half inch..

i wanted to plant some garlic this year but there were absolutely no roots on the garlic seed and i was told that the garlic wouldnt grow ...i dont know when the roots were trimmed either ...is it true that the garlic seed will not reproduce because there arent any roots ?

[gardenerd1]

@Caviar100 Garlic purchased from grocery stores has most likely been sprayed to prevent sprouting. The roots have nothing to do with whether or not the garlic will grow. Spraying does, however. The bulb is dormant until planted, and then it sends up a sprout, then roots. Buy seed garlic from an organic seed company online to ensure that it will grow.

[Caviar100]

thats neat what type of soft neck is that ?its quite big

also you trimmed the roots so if you want to plant garlic but the roots are trimmed would it still grow ?

[gardenerd1]

@Caviar100 The garlic you see is Kettle River Giant. Trimming the roots won't change its ability to grow next season.

[gardenerd1]

@dwhoppy - glad you liked the garlic braiding video, and our podcasts! Thanks for listening - we'll keep them coming.

[gardenerd1]

@dwhoppy - glad you liked the garlic braiding video, and our podcasts! Thanks for listening - we'll keep them coming.

[TheTippayarat]

Thank You So Much...

SUB!!

Luv.

[Caviar100]

btw, this year i want to try ginger ! any ideas ?

[Caviar100]

hiya ,

i managed to plant the garlic i intended to last fall....thank you for your help.I finally found some excellent seed !

i will let you know what the results are by next month or in April.

So far so good though ...i planted 6 acres of organic garlic , if all goes well , will plant more in the fall. :))

[Thesmalltowngardener]

@Caviar100 You can buy garlic from the store it is fine i have done it and so has many others just male your you plant seat garlic pod pointy side up..if you have any questions pm me

[TyrannySue]

whoa, that's a mega-braid!

[Caviar100]

BUT I was told that the Chinese variety if planted will sprout and the bulbs will form but there will be no cloves ?!! they end up looking like onions ?!! Why ?

[Caviar100]

I was not purchasing the seed from grocery stores but a wholesale farmers market. However , there are only two varieties of garlic

1)the white chinese garlic

2) a local soft neck variety

I was preparing to plant the Chinese kind because it looked much better than the local soft neck.The local softneck here is too small in size with like 20+cloves to each bulb abd each clove is tiny.It just looks horrible ! the Chinese is not as good as what youve got there but better than the local variety

[Caviar100]

@gardenerd 1 your online name really suits you lol

you KNOW what youre talking about...you're the only person online thats been able to answer my question properly out of the billion people i've asked.

I had no idea , and i'm sure others didnt either that garlic can be or is sprayed to stop it from sprouting ...how clever !!