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Hi Meg

Garlic, garden and a very large fig leaf.

Mike
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Uh planted some Spanish garlic (soft neck?) And ity bit bulbs came up...

Any one know if a sand -Florida tolerant variety and where to buy?
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Try a good Softneck variety or Hard-neck Créole type.

Nothing grows in sand according to the late Sam Kinison, lol.

Would love to hear him now. Balls out reality comedy at it's best, RIP.
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You can find a bunch of varieties from Seed Savers, they have an awesome catalog of heirlooms and non gmo seeds and grafted apples, too.

http://www.seedsavers.org/category/garlic

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Try a good Softneck variety or Hard-neck Créole type.

Nothing grows in sand according to the late Sam Kinison, lol.

Would love to hear him now. Balls out reality comedy at it's best, RIP.


Ok Creole type it is thanks. Well Sam was wrong, but it is a challenge sometimes, some locals and transplants here given up on fruit trees long ago....

But those are the hardware store nursery purchases, and you need to water just about every day in the summer, if it's not raining. and fertilize with minors....and deal with damage from wildlife, etc. , many give up.

Apple trees and normal sizes of tomatoes just up and wilt (die), due to local phytophoria -fungas, etc.

Ol Sam K. Died too young, I do remember him in movies...he must have lived on a sandhill up north. :)
good for blueberries BTW.
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You can find a bunch of varieties from Seed Savers, they have an awesome catalog of heirlooms and non gmo seeds and grafted apples, too.

http://www.seedsavers.org/category/garlic


Thanks Dom. Seedsavers has been a dissapoiment to us..our rooster spur was not rooster spur (poor setbacks?), rosemary did not come up well....

Basides heirloom varieties don't do well here...unless they come from here....that part is not Seedsavers fault.
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Thanks Dom. Seedsavers has been a dissapoiment to us..our rooster spur was not rooster spur (poor setbacks?)


Do you mean that the Rooster spur you grew wasn't true to form? I've been growing Rooster spur for years and have bought that seed from SSE, so I want to see what differences you noticed. Heat level? Shape/size/color? Leaf differences?
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I've had a lot of success with their catalog, they do a great job for me so I am surprised you didn't catch a break there. Good luck!
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Do you mean that the Rooster spur you grew wasn't true to form? I've been growing Rooster spur for years and have bought that seed from SSE, so I want to see what differences you noticed. Heat level? Shape/size/color? Leaf differences?


Was not as hot as tobasco, no matter what stage, fruit hung down- not upright, leaves thin not thick like the picture in catalog.(not sure about the picture @ seedsavers, looked like a close up of the Chinese ornamental).

Hopefully you got the real deal, we ordered late 2015.
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Lewi - I'll send  you some seeds I saved last year if you want and we can see if they're different than yours. By heat level, fruit size/shape, color, all that, I think it's a true Rooster (but I've never gotten anywhere else). They've been a staple for me every year; I dry them and grind them into chile powder. I do think chileplants.com may carry them now, though.

I can't remember if rooster was the pepper - pretty sure it is - but I double-dog-dared my 12 year old nephew to eat one last summer and it did him in :) I'm that uncle. He drank all my milk and ate most of my bread.

I've grown tabasco in the past - growing it again this year - but I find tabasco a bit hotter than Rooster (I think) because it has more oils that make the capsaicin linger in the mouth. Whereas Roosters are drier. Either way, love both peppers.
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You're sick ako!
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Lewi - I'll send  you some seeds I saved last year if you want and we can see if they're different than yours. By heat level, fruit size/shape, color, all that, I think it's a true Rooster (but I've never gotten anywhere else). They've been a staple for me every year; I dry them and grind them into chile powder. I do think chileplants.com may carry them now, though.

I can't remember if rooster was the pepper - pretty sure it is - but I double-dog-dared my 12 year old nephew to eat one last summer and it did him in :) I'm that uncle. He drank all my milk and ate most of my bread.

I've grown tabasco in the past - growing it again this year - but I find tabasco a bit hotter than Rooster (I think) because it has more oils that make the capsaicin linger in the mouth. Whereas Roosters are drier. Either way, love both peppers.



Our supposed RS was mild, like a Cayenne, not even close to tobasco. Anyhow, you may have gotten seed before any issues.

I thank you very much for the offer, PM me your address, and I will send a SASE.

My oldest daughter was about 2 years old when she grabbed something off the dinning room
Table...she came to me sobbing.

I asked her what was the problem, she told me her mouth hurt...she ate a "baby apple" that she snuck off the table...it was actually a Habanero pepper that she took a bite out of. :)

My first instinct as a father was to film her self inflicted punishment. :) yes, I gave her bread, water etc. @:^(~}
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If any one has a head of Thai Hot or Lotus to trade for a head of Cuban purple from Fliaree garlic Farm (just ordered the creole Cuban Purple) but they are out of the above...

Let me know. I believe Cuban Purple would work here, but I would like to try at least 2 kinds. I am @ one hour drive from the beach, so not exactly the coast, but close.... just a bit colder, less rain, and more organic matter in our sand.


FOR those in the Gulf Coast area:

http://www.al.com/living/index.ssf/2013/10/the_great_gulf_coast_garic_cha.html

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