WE'RE BACK!!

Our first market with garlic is tomorrow August 17th!

We're very excited to be back and will have a good selection of eating garlic, variety bags, and bargain bags. Come see us at the Boulder Farmer's Market.

Our first market with garlic will be

August 17th!

We look forward to seeing you then!!

We have lots of good garlic to sell for eating, and will be at the Boulder Farmers Market on Saturdays until October.

We will not be selling garlic for planting this year due to finding disease in the field we harvested from.

 

(See July 26th Post below for more details)

Disease update for WeeBee Farms.

 
Skin Blotch disease
This year we found a lot of abnormal looking garlic in our field and had it tested at Cornell University. The main disease they found is called Skin Blotch. Apparently our moist conditions during the Winter and Spring accelerated the growth of this fungus, which we have had in small amounts in our soil in past years. It is mostly a cosmetic issue on the outside papers and doesn’t affect the eating quality. However we have had to take of more of the outside papers than usual, so our garlic probably won’t store as long as usual.

Here is a link to more info about skin blotch disease:

https://www.blogger.com/blog/page/edit/5695443834704379401/63715374088994246

Or 

                                         https://bpp.oregonstate.edu/problems-stored-garlic

 

Garlic Nematodes
The other disease we have present to a smaller degree is garlic stem bloat nematodes. These can cause deformed garlic and other issues. Generally we can see which bulbs are severely infected and have thrown those out. However the garlic we’re selling this year should not be used for seed planting.

Here is a link to more information about the nematode issue https://www.mofga.org/resources/garlic/garlic-bloat-nematode/

 

 

 

 

The good news about the garlic that was tested this year is that Cornell found NO evidence of White Rot, which we have had a problem with in the past. 

Garlic Update 7/5/24

WeeBee Farms will not be selling any planting garlic this year. We have found significant disease in the field we harvested from, and the garlic is not suitable for planting. We recommend you get your planting garlic from Toohey Farms at the Boulder Farmer's Market or purchase it online.
We will be selling good garlic for eating in August/September at the Boulder Farmer's Market.

Stay tuned for more information.