Planting Garlic

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