3:13 "Here's some I prepared earlier..." I had no intention of commenting on your goofy-looking hat, Murray. I will, however, ask: Is that still *"THE"* shirt? If so, it just won't die.
Yep, and that reminds me - I should see if it's time to plant the last of those earlier seedlings. "THE" shirt appears from 1:15 - 10:00. Two separate bits filmed weeks apart as the seedlings needed to grow a bit more. Not by design. It's still kicking 😁
Interesting! I've heard of Society Garlic, but can't recall ever eating it. I think this has been mentioned once or twice in those tv gardening shows. No magpie interaction in this video. Although the Noisy Friarbird can be heard a fare bit. Got to keep those Cain Toads under control and out of the way of native fauna. Society. Whenever I hear that word I think of the movie Cool Hand Luke. 'Society Red' was the name for one of the inmates, played by J.D Cannon. I hope all goes well with the crop and good luck with the SG Kimchi. That I wouldn't mind tasting. I like kimchi.🤤 Cheers Murray 👍😀🇦🇺
I really do love the stuff. It's like Claytons garlic - the garlic you have when you're not having garlic (with a bit of onion flavour too). There'll be magpies later today so long as I can get it edited . The grasshopper population is declining but everything is still green and they're keeping well-fed. I've got...18 bales I could turn over if they come by at the right time of day. 12 of these are killing grass for a garden expansion, I haven't gone overboard here 😁 I did my first Daikon radish kimchi recently. It was interesting but I'm going to try another recipe. I'm sure it can be better that that. Actually I should get onto this sooner rather than later. Have a good one John 👍👍
I can tell by your accent you are in the sub-tropics/tropics and wondered if you found a more favorable time of year to do these things? Is it a Spring chore, or do they prefer being planted/divided in the cooler Autumn like the actual allium, garlic? I've also gotten conflicting messages about whether or not they are frost hardy. I live in zone 8b in the desert, very arid but rarely gets below 20F/-6C, and am experimenting with many new things such as this plant. I'm in one of those places where 'Full Sun' means something VERY different than it does to most growers haha but am ultimately looking at putting it in the ground permanently. It's Autumn here, time for garlic bulbs to go in and just picked one of these Society Garlic up at the nursery, any suggestions you may have are most welcome!
Hi Betty. Central Queensland, Australia. Frost free, temps from about 5 - 35 Celsius and rarely below 10. Dry subtropics. I did some reading on SG and frost recently and am going to ship some plants to a mate who suffers from frost to see how it goes. According to my research "established" plants can tolerate "moderate frosts". I also found this: ♦ Light frost: down to about -2 to -3°C. Foliar damage may occur on some plants. ♦ Moderate frost: down to about -4 to -5°C. The next major damage point. ♦ Heavy frost: beyond about -6°C. The next group of plants susceptible to cold damage is affected. SG could work for you and it's drought-hardy when established. I'm going out on a limb here - I don't know how big it is - and saying I'm doubtful your plant will be "established" by winter which is. Can you nurse it, maybe indoors or somewhere warm until spring? Division - I'd say spring or summer in your case so they have time to develop roots prior to winter. Me, I can do it any time of year but they'd probably do best if divided in spring. And it was pleasantly cool in the rain 😁 Did I miss any questions? Cheers, Murray.
Garden is looking fantastic Murray! 🌻
Thank you very much! I think I need to expand though...it's pretty full 😁
3:13 "Here's some I prepared earlier..."
I had no intention of commenting on your goofy-looking hat, Murray. I will, however, ask: Is that still *"THE"* shirt? If so, it just won't die.
Yep, and that reminds me - I should see if it's time to plant the last of those earlier seedlings.
"THE" shirt appears from 1:15 - 10:00. Two separate bits filmed weeks apart as the seedlings needed to grow a bit more. Not by design. It's still kicking 😁
Interesting!
I've heard of Society Garlic, but can't recall ever eating it.
I think this has been mentioned once or twice in those tv gardening shows.
No magpie interaction in this video. Although the Noisy Friarbird can be heard a fare bit. Got to keep those Cain Toads under control and out of the way of native fauna.
Society. Whenever I hear that word I think of the movie Cool Hand Luke. 'Society Red' was the name for one of the inmates, played by J.D Cannon.
I hope all goes well with the crop and good luck with the SG Kimchi. That I wouldn't mind tasting. I like kimchi.🤤
Cheers Murray 👍😀🇦🇺
I really do love the stuff. It's like Claytons garlic - the garlic you have when you're not having garlic (with a bit of onion flavour too).
There'll be magpies later today so long as I can get it edited . The grasshopper population is declining but everything is still green and they're keeping well-fed. I've got...18 bales I could turn over if they come by at the right time of day.
12 of these are killing grass for a garden expansion, I haven't gone overboard here 😁
I did my first Daikon radish kimchi recently. It was interesting but I'm going to try another recipe. I'm sure it can be better that that. Actually I should get onto this sooner rather than later.
Have a good one John 👍👍
I can tell by your accent you are in the sub-tropics/tropics and wondered if you found a more favorable time of year to do these things? Is it a Spring chore, or do they prefer being planted/divided in the cooler Autumn like the actual allium, garlic?
I've also gotten conflicting messages about whether or not they are frost hardy. I live in zone 8b in the desert, very arid but rarely gets below 20F/-6C, and am experimenting with many new things such as this plant. I'm in one of those places where 'Full Sun' means something VERY different than it does to most growers haha but am ultimately looking at putting it in the ground permanently.
It's Autumn here, time for garlic bulbs to go in and just picked one of these Society Garlic up at the nursery, any suggestions you may have are most welcome!
Hi Betty.
Central Queensland, Australia. Frost free, temps from about 5 - 35 Celsius and rarely below 10. Dry subtropics.
I did some reading on SG and frost recently and am going to ship some plants to a mate who suffers from frost to see how it goes. According to my research "established" plants can tolerate "moderate frosts". I also found this:
♦ Light frost: down to about -2 to -3°C. Foliar damage may occur on some plants.
♦ Moderate frost: down to about -4 to -5°C. The next major damage point.
♦ Heavy frost: beyond about -6°C. The next group of plants susceptible to cold damage is affected.
SG could work for you and it's drought-hardy when established. I'm going out on a limb here - I don't know how big it is - and saying I'm doubtful your plant will be "established" by winter which is. Can you nurse it, maybe indoors or somewhere warm until spring?
Division - I'd say spring or summer in your case so they have time to develop roots prior to winter. Me, I can do it any time of year but they'd probably do best if divided in spring. And it was pleasantly cool in the rain 😁
Did I miss any questions?
Cheers,
Murray.
I love the plant but haven't seen any for years. Is there any form I can buy from you as I know it will gr0w in a pot?
Yep, we just have to get in touch. I've got a plan for that. Are you on FaceBook?