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Post by darthslater on May 1, 2011 13:03:29 GMT -5
Here is the garlic I got from our very own JT, he sent me enough for a nice bed. It was some of the niceset looking bulbs I have ever seen. Thanks JT. As you can see they are doing great.  |
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Post by bluelacedredhead on May 1, 2011 13:57:03 GMT -5
Wowzer. Enough for a "nice" bed doesn't begin to cover it. JT, that's very Generous of you. Good Luck with the Garlic Darth.
What variety is it?
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Post by grapenut on May 2, 2011 3:43:24 GMT -5
What ever you do, don't forger to harvest the scapes, Dang good eats! nice looking bed ya got there.
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Post by jcm05 on May 2, 2011 5:30:18 GMT -5
Looks good man. It was Music, Northern White, Zemo and Riesig I believe.
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Post by bluelacedredhead on May 2, 2011 7:45:38 GMT -5
Music is a good all purpose. I usually grow it. I had to look up the other three. Northern White and Zemo "may be German White" is what one website said. They also said that they have Strong, Robust flavour that stays around for a long time. The stuff that dream dates are made of, lol "Hhhhhiiii, HOw do you like me So far?"  Reising I could not find? Tried a few variations of the spelling including Reisling but no luck. I'll keep looking. TY |
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Post by jcm05 on May 2, 2011 8:24:14 GMT -5
Riesig
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Post by bluelacedredhead on May 2, 2011 11:33:25 GMT -5
Too early for Me this morning obviously. Thanks JT I got it now.  Wow, Riesig cloves are an intense purple colour. Makes the Italian Purple and German Red's look brown-ish or pale by comparison. Did you purchase your seedstock from Gillie's? www.gilliefarms.com/Riesig_Cloves.htmlI think Flowerpower and I were yakking with them at a Garlic Festival in NYS last fall. |
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Post by jcm05 on May 2, 2011 12:32:55 GMT -5
I got my stock from swamper. Not sure where he purchased it.
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Post by izitmidnight on May 2, 2011 17:44:45 GMT -5
Dean, Your garlic looks wonderful!
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Post by sgtdraven on May 2, 2011 20:11:03 GMT -5
I have music,montana giant,chesnok red
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Post by w8in4dave on May 2, 2011 22:15:45 GMT -5
I have Riesig also  mine is doing great to .... |
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Post by oneoftheearls on May 3, 2011 6:48:19 GMT -5
so......no more snow eh? Any morels? Still awful cold.......frost tonight....40's for overnight lows. maybe tonight is the last frost....... yeah right  I'll put my garlic in...got some on DD's round robin out of Indiana I believe. |
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Post by bluelacedredhead on May 3, 2011 8:34:43 GMT -5
I have Riesig also mine is doing great to .... You've got it too? Sounds like it's taking over the State of Michigan  I'll be looking forward to hearing what everyone thinks of it's performance and it's taste  |
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Post by swampr on Jul 9, 2011 7:23:18 GMT -5
yes, the riesig i gave jtcm came from gillie farms purchased at saugerties. their website describes it as rocambole, but visually, I suspect it's porcelain. i like it for its very hot flavor. i have had a number of rocamboles over the years and the best have wider shorter leaves; there was one I had called aces that was really outstanding. I'm looking forward to harveasting Ukrainian this year. killarney red and tempest both did not size up very well for me. i dont think zemo and northern white are the same as german white, or each other for that matter. zemo may be northern white selected for earliness. german white has a distinct angularity and pointiness to the clove wrappers, the other porcelains are more rounded or blunt, but not as much so as the marbled purple stripes I like to grow. most of the porcelains are indeed very similar. i'll try to post some pictures of what I harvest, but I'm not good at putting garlic in the mail as Darth will attest. harvest this year is the latest that i ever remember. zemo, pskem, and estonian red will be ready very soon. i like varieties that have large cloves and bulbs, though pskem, one of my favorites, makes a small bulb with medium cloves and nice flavor raw. it stores astonishingly well for me due to the tight wrappers. i still have some that is good and juicy from last year's harvest. Too early for Me this morning obviously. Thanks JT I got it now. Wow, Riesig cloves are an intense purple colour. Makes the Italian Purple and German Red's look brown-ish or pale by comparison. Did you purchase your seedstock from Gillie's? www.gilliefarms.com/Riesig_Cloves.htmlI think Flowerpower and I were yakking with them at a Garlic Festival in NYS last fall. |
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