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Default Sprouting Garlic

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Leonard Blaisdell > wrote:

> In article >,
> Melba's Jammin' > wrote:


> I've seldom had the problem and I store garlic bulbs for at least two
> months at times, even when I've used some of it. I store it with red
> onions, dried pasta and barley in an uninteresting drawer. This link
> might be of interest to you
> <http://postharvest.ucdavis.edu/Produce/ProduceFacts/Veg/garlic.shtml>.
> Look toward the bottom at "Special Considerations". Perhaps my garlic
> has been treated and yours hasn't.
>
> leo


Thanks, Leo. According to that document, my storage conditions should
be okay. Next time I'll put it somewhere else and see what gives.
IIRC, I've had it sprout in the fridge, too.

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