Garlic bulbs allium sativum consist of multiple cloves grouped together in the form of the bulb.
Where to get garlic bulbs for planting.
Visit a nursery if you want to get a specific variety or to get advice on local conditions for garlic.
Space the cloves 4 6 apart.
Divide the bulb into individual cloves keeping the papery skin intact.
Insert cloves root side down about 8 inches apart in all directions burying the tips about 2.
When to plant garlic.
How to plant grocery store garlic.
Eight garlic varieties to grow.
Because garlic is a member of the allium family gardeners who grow onions can easily grow garlic since the culture is similar and requires very little space in the garden.
Work several inches of compost or well rotted manure into the bed along with 10 10 10 fertilizer.
A raised bed works very well.
The dates to plant garlic vary widely.
To grow big garlic bulbs we typicall plant the cloves in late autumn.
Plant the garlic cloves.
Grow garlic in a warm sunny spot in fertile well drained soil that doesn t get too wet in winter.
How to plant garlic.
Planting garlic is relatively simple.
Garlic roots develop during the fall and winter before the ground freezes and by early spring they start producing foliage.
Garlic cloves should be planted in a sunny location 3 4 deep 6 8 apart elephant or 4 apart soft neck in fall about 4 6 weeks before the first hard freeze.
Plant the cloves 4 inches apart and about 2 inches deep.
Remove stones from the top 6 inches of soil.
Nurseries also offer garlic bulbs for planting.
Mid fall plant garlic bulbs in loose fertile soil that s as weed free as possible.
Plant garlic cloves in autumn or early spring planting individual cloves 18cm apart at twice their own depth.
Garlic should be planted in a fertile well drained soil.
Then you ll harvest in the summer.
Make sure that the flat root side is pointing down and the tapered side is pointing up otherwise the garlic will grow in the wrong direction.
More on growing garlic.