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27 May 10, (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

Jo, maybe your garlic was chemically treated to prevent sprouting? Was it supermarket garlic, or sold for planting?

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25 May 10, Jim Voss (Australia - temperate climate)

Is growing garlic commercially a viable proposition? We own reasonable acreage of land in Longford Vic. Normally run beef or sheep but can easily fence off a section. Light sandy soil, we do have access to a small amount of bore water (good quality) I'm a plumber by trade so no worries about a sprinkler system. How often do you have to water? Is garlic troubled by insects ? What about rabbits & roo's do they eat the sprouts?

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18 Jul 10, (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

My garlic is being eaten almost completely by some animal - best guess rabbits, wallabies or possums.

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27 May 10, Chris@Gardenate (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

Jim, there are successful commercial growers in Australia. There was an item on radio 2BA breakfast show in Bega around 8th March this year interviewing a local garlic producer - their website probably has it still available.

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13 Jun 10, hzprstn (Australia - temperate climate)

Excellent coverage of garlic growing in Oz on Landline ABC tv Sunday 13th June 2010, program repeat on Monday 14th probably also available online later....... every time I buy a bulb in Woolies I plant half the cloves, I'm not quite self-sufficient but getting there ! the fresh stuff is so much better ! Like onions, it's the bulbing up phase that is tricky - sometimes the weather is against you. I plant anything that sprouts in the kitchen lol

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24 May 10, marina (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

we planted garlic and on checking under the mulch there seems to some mould forming,any information on what we should do.thnks

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27 May 10, (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

If the garlic is going mouldy it might not be viable. If it's just coming off the mulch then it won't be a problem as it's just the mulch breaking down.

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24 May 10, James (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

I have planted my garlic in March / april this year .. leaves are up nicely but many starting to show yellowing in the leaves .. does anyone know what this means ? is it a nitrogen deficiency or something else I should be fixing?

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15 May 10, Neville Chandler (Australia - temperate climate)

Eden seeds in Queensland supply garlic bulbs for planting. They appear to sell in minimum of 1 kg lots. I bought some purple garlic and it appeared within 7 days of planting.

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11 May 10, Maryanne (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

My question isn't about garlic but ginger. I'm wondering why gardenate has no reference to ginger? :(

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