On Aug 2, 7:44*pm, "Jean B." > wrote:
> George wrote:
> > On 8/2/2010 5:53 PM, Jean B. wrote:
> >> jmcquown wrote:
> >>> "Mark Thorson" > wrote in message
> ...
> >>>> Prices of garlic in China are skyrocketing.
>
> >>>>http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/worl.../02/2003479382
>
> >>>> I remember when Chinese garlic first hit the market here.
>
> >>> I try not to buy anything from China. It's easy enough to grow your
> >>> own garlic in pots on the patio.
>
> >>> Jill
>
> >> How big a pot does one need, Jill? I wonder if I can just bring it
> >> inside for the winter.
>
> > Not Jill but you leave it out for the winter or at least until it
> > freezes. Garlic when propagated using bulbs is like other bulbs and
> > needs freezing to "activate" it.
>
> That must be the origin of my thought re its being too late this
> year. *Hmm. *I will need to look into the minimum time it needs to
> freeze.
>
> Oh, wait a minute. *What about the place in California that has a
> garlic festival. *Gilroy? *Would anything freeze there?
>

Some sites talk about "chilling" rather than freezing, but the UC
Davis coop extension fact sheets say nothing about chilling
requirements for garlic.