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30 Aug 18, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

It does suggest to plant April May - have a think about it.

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25 Aug 18, Edward Shayne Solomon (South Africa - Dry summer sub-tropical climate)

When do i plant garlic.Iam in St Helena Bay Western Cape

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13 Aug 18, Michael (Australia - temperate climate)

Over the last couple of years I have had really poor garlic crops which I have put down to fusarium rot. I have since read that it is endemic to Australian garlic (shop purchased).Same this year , so I bought some Mexican or Argentinian stock, planted it in April and it grew beautifully, until most of it started to sprout shoots up the middle from the developing cloves. I left it until the middle of July then pulled it all up.to use as soft fresh garlic. Surprisingly about 10% of the plants were fully mature and dried well, also had a very good root system.Too much N2 climate change or just a warm Perth Autumn. My Australian garlic (March) is still struggling away Any other ideas

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14 Aug 18, Mike L (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Perth's climate is the opposite to East Coast - wet winter and dry summer. It says here plant April to June. It takes about 6 mths for garlic to grow. Maybe better to plant May or June - don't over fertilise it. It is variable weather - not climate change. Climate is the weather of 30 years.

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20 Jul 18, Prakash (New Zealand - sub-tropical climate)

Is it late to plant garlic in July in nz subtropical

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13 Jul 18, Julie hall (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

Where iam at the moment it get verry cold and forsty in the morning I know it.s may be a bit late to plant garlic but will it still be ok to plant it now or preferably when the frost almost over towards modd August i think ingoulburn Unless the cloves are not effected by the frost

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16 Jul 18, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

For cool/mountain it say plant Apr/May so you are too late. If you plant now the crop may fail. You could try - wouldn't plant too many though.

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16 Jul 18, Ray S (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

You could certainly try planting now, the sooner the better because garlic needs to go through the cold to get a decent size to it. The plants are totally unaffected by frosts down to at least -12°C which is what we get here in July. Just for your information, I usually plant garlic late March for a November harvest. In Goulburn you could probably wait until April/May. Good luck with it.

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17 Jul 18, Mike (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

A saying - plant the shortest day of the year and harvest the longest day. 21st June - 21st Dec.

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15 Jun 18, Jeff Hann (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

During the garlic growing period. What fertiliser, how often & how much to use, please.

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