Planting, Growing GARLIC
This works!!!
Plant in the fall and check for harvesting, starting in August. I
dug up my last beautiful, big garlic bulbs in November! High
altitude and cooler weather is the reason for my waiting. I live
at 7,900'!
PLANTING: In the Fall, Break Bulbs into individual
cloves. Push each clove into the soil, one at a time, pointy side up, about 2"
deep and 4" apart into well prepared and amended
soil. Water them once or twice in the fall and they begin
to grow roots and may send a bit of a green shoot up after a few
weeks, then they sit....hibernating.
Mulch with straw to protect from the heavy weather.
You'll notice them comig up and greening, early in the spring,
because of the underground root development happening over
winter. The garlic grows taller and taller as the days warm and
lengthen.
Cut the water and harvest as soon as a few sets of
leaves begin to dry. Harvest the crop and allow it to cure for
a few weeks in a warm and dry location. It is ready to use
for the next 8 or so months.
I store mine in olive oil in the refrigerator too!
I was thrilled when I dug up my 1st bulb of garlic...it was
MAGIC!
I AM SORRY, I DO NOT KNOW the source of my resource for the
planting of garlic. I captured it from an email that I received
last year from one of the farmers markets concessionaires. I
think it was from the farm in Chino Valley.
Susan Golightly <sgolight@earthlink.net>
928 607 2856
