Is it normal for at least 1 of your plants to die overwinter?
Heruga (7a Northern NJ)
12 months ago
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Comments (10)frdnicholas Garlic is suppose to be planted in the Fall. That said I have garlic that comes up that I broke the stem off of when digging and it does fine. What they tell you on the Allium forum is to dig when 1/3 or so of your leaves have died...let them dry in the sun (I don't--we're HOT--they go in the shade for a few days), then tie and hang where there is no chance of getting wet from rain, etc. (shed, garage, etc.). They advise you to save the largest cloves from the pods to plant in the Fall...larger cloves produce larger plants, etc. Good theory but has not always happened for me. After planting in the Fall, the cloves will start putting down roots then will put up leaves, come Spring it grows rapidly. Good luck with your garlic (Good stuff and good for you). Peggy...See Moreoverwintering my 1 year old lotus indoors
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Comments (7)Thank you everyone for your replies :) It is good to finally know a little more about this weird looking plant of mine. I also read something interesting that explains why it bloomed after 3 years. Ill just copy and paste here : "You should however keep in mind that blooming of the plant is related to how much light the plant is allowed to have. This plant is a short-day flower producer, which means it needs less hours of sunlight. Several hours in darkness will enhance flower production. Plants begin to bud in fall but require 12 14 hours of darkness daily for 6 8 weeks prior to coming into full bloom. This can be done by placing the plant in a dark room or cover it with a cloth. Its best for plants to have cool temperatures of around 55˚ - 60˚ F during this period. If you are not successful with creating the proper short days requirement, your plant will still bloom, but you may get a more sporadic bloom period." That explains it for me because as I said in the end I got tired of looking at it so I put it in a room all alone and sometimes forgot about it in the darkness for days. And this is when it started blooming. So it was really weird for me because I never heard of a plant that likes darkness o_0. But now after reading this and reading all your comments and tips I understand a bit more what Im dealing with here. Its good to know Im not growing a mutated plant. Still . . . I like to continue calling him "Muty" :) I have decided to trellis & train it as "baci" said and Ive already moved it back into the dark room and who knows maybe Im lucky and it flowers in Halloween :) Thank you very much everyone :)...See More1st attempt at Overwintering
Comments (9)Thanks Josh, the pruning, root pruning, and downsizing of the pots is what I have read everywhere, and everyone seems to agree on it. That is why I canâÂÂt figure out why the ones I left in the large pots and didnâÂÂt prune as much did the best. In fact, the Carolina reaper plant, that I didnâÂÂt prune at all, is doing the best of all. IâÂÂm glad I did my little experiment and didnâÂÂt prune them all back and put them in smaller pots, because if I did I wouldnâÂÂt have any left. Unfortunately, my experiment left more questions than answers. My conclusion is, all the small pots died, all the large pots on the left side of the same window died, and all the pruned plants on the left side of the widow died. The ones I messed with least are thriving. I just canâÂÂt hash out what is a coincidence and what caused my problems. I should have mentioned before that the ones on the left side of the window and right side both have a heating duct....See Moreperen.all Zone 5a Ontario Canada
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