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To: nw_arizona_granny

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Is it possible to buy a garlic head at the grocery store and then plant it? I tried it once with a head that had sprouted in the fridge, but it didn’t grow. All the other herbs in the herb garden did fine, but this just croaked. What did I do wrong?

Thanks!


2,273 posted on 04/23/2008 4:21:07 PM PDT by nanetteclaret ("I will sing praise to my God while I have my being." Psalm 104:33b)
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To: nanetteclaret

I have bought them and had them grow for me, but not always.

I suspect they have been treated with a non sprout chemical, as they do with sweet potatoes.

Or some of them are so old that they do not have the strength left to grow.

If it came in a little box, then the odds are it was too old.

Watch for the first shipment of garlic to the store and choose the largest and plumpest cloves/heads.


2,277 posted on 04/23/2008 4:34:23 PM PDT by nw_arizona_granny ( http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/1990507/posts?page=451 SURVIVAL, RECIPES, GARDENS, & INFO)
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