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GARLIC PRELIMINARY TRIAL, 1996

Richard G Greenland and Leonard Besemann

Results summary

MATERIALS AND METHODS

Soil: Hecla sandy loam, Embden loam, and Maddock sandy loam; pH=7.4; 3.0% organic matter; soil-P was medium; soil-K was very high; soil-S was very low.
Previous crops: 1995 - pea; 1994 - sod.
Seedbed preparation: Disked twice on October 16. Multiweeded twice lightly on October 17.
Planting: Planted bulbs for all studies. Planted a planting pattern study on Oct 17 and planted a performance trial and a mulch study on Oct 18.
Plots: Each plot was 6 feet wide by 17 ft long. The study had 4 reps.
Fertilizer: On April 17, broadcast 14 lbs N/acre and 70 lbs P2O5/acre as 10-50-0, 16 lbs N/acre and 19 lbs S/acre as 21-0-0-24, and 94 lbs K20/acre as 0-0-60.
Irrigation: Overhead sprinkler irrigation as needed.
Pest Control: Weeds were controlled using Dacthal (10 lbs/acre) and Buctril (1 pt/acre on May 2), Fusilade + Penetrate II ( 1 pt/acre + 1 pt/25 gal on May 21), and by hand weeding.
Harvest: Plots were harvested on July 12.

RESULTS

All the garlic winter killed except for the plots on the mulch study which were covered with a straw mulch. We conclude that garlic must be mulched to survive the North Dakota winters.

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