Garlic Tips, Trivia and Facts
Phytoplasma
A very small bacteria affecting most garlic in the upper Midwest in 2012. (Updated September 4, 2012) Many garlic growers in the upper Midwest have reported yellowing leaves and premature browning resulting in both crop loss and smaller garlic heads at harvest. Some growers had 100% crop loss while others have had little or [...]
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Bloat Nematode
A Dangerous and Deadly Killer. We strongly urge anyone interested in growing garlic to only buy from a grower that has had their garlic tested for Bloat Nematode. Plum Creek Garlic has tested negative for 2012 from the University of Minnesota. We only grow garlic in one field at a time and we submit five [...]
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Health Benefits From Garlic
Hana is a dietetics major and put this information together for Plum Creek Garlic on the health benefits of garlic. Thanks Hanna! Hanna found her information in Prescription for Nutritional Healing by James F. Balch, M.D. and Phyllis A Balch, C.N.C. Garlic is a super food! According to Prescription for Nutritional Healing, garlic has been [...]
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Scapes — One of life’s curly pleasures
Scapes are a curly, twisty stalk that the garlic plant produces sometime in mid-June here in Minnesota. If left unpicked, they eventually straighten into a stiff stalk often over four feet tall. Experts say they can reduce the size of the garlic bulb growing underground since some of the plant’s energy goes into the scape. [...]