Weeks 2-4: September 20-30.


#2 Weekly Reading - Growing Garlic 

I am actually currently growing garlic in both the garden at school and my garden at home, so this article was very useful to read. The  first most interesting detail I found was how crucial the soil is for growing garlic. The soil should be deep, and very well drained. Also it should be above 6.0. PH. I also found it weird and interesting that the garlic in my garden is fighting off a root rotting disease and stem and leaf diseases. The third thing I found interesting was that the way to tell when the plants are ready to harvest is when the foliage has died off. This is good to know because I’m not always sure when to harvest my vegetables and don’t want to harvest them too early. Next time I’m in the garden or working on my garden at home I will try and look for the foliage dying off on my garlic to tell if it is ready to harvest. A question remaining after reading this article is what creates such large bulbs like on the garlic we buy at stores compared to the small bulbs on home grown garlic?