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sists well into fall, it is possible to have fresh salad from the garden as late as j Thanksgiving.
More and more garden I centers are carrying cabbage and broccoli transplants [ these days. In the past, if you wanted fall broccoli, you had to start the seeds yourself in | July.
While fall is an excellent ! time to grow cold crops, keep j an eye out for pests. There j are three or four types of cab- j bage worms, and populations | are high in late summer. They can strip the foliage off J new transplants quickly. Products containing the bac- ! terial insecticide Bt should ; be kept on hand and used as soon as the cabbage worms are noticed.
Garlic is an excellent crop to plant in the fall; however it will not be ready to harvest until next summer. Spring [ planted garlic will grow, but j usually produces a very ! small bulb. Garlic planted in early October will grow 1012 inches tall, stop for the winter, and resume next spring. Bulbs will be much larger than spring planted
garlic. Most gardening refer- j ences advise purchasing special garlic bulbs from mail order catalogs, however, ! those purchased in grocery stores will usually work just fine. Separate the bulb into individual cloves and plant like onion sets, about five to six inches apart. They should sprout in one to two weeks.
To keep up with current insects, diseases, and cultural tips for garden and landscape, check out the bi-weekly Horticulture Update online at http://www.ext.vt.edu/offices/ { fauquier/hortupdate/.
Chunk Hoysa is the Extension Agent, Horticulture for PD 9, and is located at 24 Pelham Street ! in Warrenton. Gardening ! questions may be directed to the Fauquier Master j Gardeners at 341-7950,
Extension. 19. You may reach j Hoysa at crhoysa@vt-edu.
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