Growing Garlic

Allium sativum : Amaryllidaceae / the onion family

Jan F M A M J J A S O N Dec
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(Best months for growing Garlic in USA - Zone 5a regions)

  • P = Plant cloves

September: Garlic can overwinter. Cover with a good layer of mulch . In areas where frost persists into March/ April, expect to harvest your garlic in June/July.

October: Garlic can overwinter. Cover with a good layer of mulch . In areas where frost persists into March/ April, expect to harvest your garlic in June/July.

  • Easy to grow. Plant cloves. Best planted at soil temperatures between 10°C and 35°C. (Show °F/in)
  • Space plants: 10 - 12 cm apart
  • Harvest in 17-25 weeks.
  • Compatible with (can grow beside): Beets, Carrots, Cucumbers, Dill, Tomatoes, Parsnips
  • Avoid growing close to: Asparagus, Beans, Brassicas, Peas, Potatoes

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14 Feb 13, Sharon (Australia - temperate climate)
Can anyone please tell me where I can get seeds for the Chinese green garlic leaves - I buy it from my veggie shop in bunches and use it for stirfrys. The garlic chives are not as big as the ones the Chinese sell
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18 Feb 13, Sara (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Your Garlic stems are just plain garlic growing in the garden. Instead they harvest the shoots before the bulbs mature. It is a wise thiNg to grow your own.
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02 Feb 13, Sibusiso Mkhize (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)
I have a 2 hector piece of land at Umbumbulu area that I would like to grow galic commecialy. I would like to know if there are organisations that can assist me with training, finance and markets?
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21 Jan 13, barry (Australia - tropical climate)
Hi i am in Palm cove and planted argentine garlic last march, and only now i have one sprouting what variety is suitable forcairns climate
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20 Jan 13, paul wight (South Africa - Semi-arid climate)
Can one plant garilic in stellenbosch with sucsess and is worth while
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08 Jan 13, Paul Jonas (South Africa - Semi-arid climate)
I would like to know how many plants of Garlic can you grow in hacter, and also to know how tonnes of Garlic can you harvest and also to know the approximate cost of the yeild
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28 Dec 12, Annemarie (South Africa - Dry summer sub-tropical climate)
Would like to find out, can we plant carlic with sucess in Hopefield Western Cape.
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06 Dec 12, cheryl good (Australia - temperate climate)
plated garlic in april dug up in 2nd week in nov,have noticed with the large bulbs weighing approx .3kg.to .5kg have not formed when i clean them up has anyone with any suggestions what i am doing wrong, thankyou.
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17 Feb 13, DARREN (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Hi I was wondering what type of garlic you planted and where you got it from not all garlic is suited for growing in all areas.Some like cooler areas whereas in brisbane I grow a garlic siuted for my area.I feel this may have been your problem.Try green harvest they have a few variety wich may work better for you.
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06 Dec 12, adam (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Hi Cheryl. Usually if the garlic is not formed into cloves, it's because the garlic has been dug too early. I usually dig mine once a couple of the leaves have gone yellow, and are clearly dying, but the middle few leaves are still green. The timing is different every year because of rain, dryness etc. This year i planted in March, but had to dig early because some were going mouldy. You just can't tell. Could that have been it.? But you can just eat it as normal. It's the good thhing about garlic, you can eat it no matter what it looks like.
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