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From: gary@ism780c.UUCP (Gary Swift)
Newsgroups: net.garden
Subject: Re: question: organic broccoli & garlic
Message-ID: <3460@ism780c.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 4-Sep-86 18:01:18 EDT
Article-I.D.: ism780c.3460
Posted: Thu Sep  4 18:01:18 1986
Date-Received: Sat, 6-Sep-86 05:17:13 EDT
Reply-To: gary@ism780c.UUCP (Gary Swift)
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Organization: Interactive Systems Corp., Santa Monica, CA
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In article <1179@princeton.UUCP> booth@princeton.UUCP (Heather Booth) writes:
>I'm trying to raise broccoli without pesticides and the
>plants are just eaten to death.  ...

	Try planting some marigolds near them, which are good for repelling
	all sorts of pests.  Nasturtiums will theoretically attract pests
	away from the rest of the plants in your garden.  Also plant
	your garlic, onion or chives near the broccoli -- some bugs
	are repelled by the odor.

>I planted a clove of garlic just for fun.  The plant only
>has two thin wilted green fronds.  Is that how it's supposed
>to look?  How long would it take to get garlic?

        The leaves should be healthy and green for a while.  When they 
        die back, dig up the clove and make yourself some scampi.  
	Mine take 2 to 3 months (in southern Calif.).  Rather than
        buying sets at a nursery, I just planted some store bought 
        cloves that got old and began to sprout new green shoots.  

>                                                 How is it
>that the plant grows out of the clove but in the process creates
>a whole head?

        Cell division?  :-) Garlic is just like any other perennial 
        that stores its food in a bulb or rhizome.  It's a member of 
        the lily family - which all have bulbs.  
-- 
Gary Swift, INTERACTIVE Systems Corp., Santa Monica, Ca., (213) 453 8649
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