Garlic Quiz

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Garlic Quiz

In what climate does garlic grow best?

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Cool and dry

Warm and moist – originating from warmer, more tropical climes, garlic is highly susceptible to frost damage

Cool to warm and not too wet; in winter, it is essential that at least one or two nights are below freezing in order for the bulbs to differentiate into cloves

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Crushed garlic is sometimes used as a pest deterrent against slugs.

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True

False

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There are three types of garlic: hardneck, softneck and elephant varieties.

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True

False

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Hardneck garlic always grows a flower stem (a ‘scape’) by mid-spring which, if snapped off before the flower bud has swollen too much, is a delicacy to eat. Softneck garlic never produces a flower stem.

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True

False

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It’s not a good idea to use cloves from your own bulbs as seed for the next year, due to the risk of transmitting disease from one year to the next.

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True

False

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When is the absolute best time to sow garlic?

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Winter

Spring

Autumn

Late summer

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Why do I suggest planting garlic at a shallower depth?

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The main planting time in autumn coincides with soil being ready for an annual mulch/cover of organic matter, which you spread after planting garlic

When the garden has a history of white rot (Stromatinia cepivora) which might be lying dormant deeper in the soil

To reduce the effort of dibbing into hard soil

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Due to its sensitivity to some outdoor weather conditions, I recommend always growing garlic undercover.

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True

False

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In what circumstances do I suggest it might be necessary to water garlic plants?

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In a dry spring, in the last few weeks leading up to harvest time

Every week in spring

At planting time, to help cloves settle in their holes

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What are two undesirable results from delaying harvest when garlic is ready?

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Loss of time for subsequent plantings

Loss of the white outer sheath/skin around the bulb, exposing cloves

Cloves dividing further into a smaller size

Cloves starting to sprout before autumn

The right time to harvest garlic is when all the leaves have turned yellow.

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True

False

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If you store garlic correctly, from just one sowing and one harvest, you can enjoy it for almost the whole year. What are the best conditions for storage?

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Clamped in sand

Warm and dry

In a cool dark shed or garage

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What method can protect garlic from leek moth, and hopefully Allium leaf miner?

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Spraying nematodes to parasitize the eggs of both pests

A mesh cover

Three-year rotation

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The only means I know to reduce widespread rust is to twist off and remove damaged lower leaves.

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True

False

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Onions and garlic falling over in early summer, sometimes with bright yellow leaves, is a sign of what?

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White Rot (Stromatinia Cepivora)

Drought

Poor soil structure

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