Planting garlic is relatively simple.
Where to get garlic bulbs for planting.
Plant the garlic cloves.
Work several inches of compost or well rotted manure into the bed along with 10 10 10 fertilizer.
How to plant grocery store garlic.
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.
Plant the cloves 4 inches apart and about 2 inches deep.
A raised bed works very well.
Keep the area weed free water when dry and harvest from july onwards.
Plant garlic cloves in autumn or early spring planting individual cloves 18cm apart at twice their own depth.
Remove stones from the top 6 inches of soil.
Garlic roots develop during the fall and winter before the ground freezes and by early spring they start producing foliage.
Mail order catalogs and online seed stores offer many types of garlic and will include specific planting instructions for the type of seed you buy.
When to plant garlic.
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.
Divide the bulb into individual cloves keeping the papery skin intact.
Space the cloves 4 6 apart.
Each clove can grow into a full sized bulb when planted properly.
Eight garlic varieties to grow.
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.
How to plant garlic.
More on growing garlic.
To grow big garlic bulbs we typicall plant the cloves in late autumn.
Nurseries also offer garlic bulbs for planting.
Insert cloves root side down about 8 inches apart in all directions burying the tips about 2.
Garlic bulbs allium sativum consist of multiple cloves grouped together in the form of the bulb.
Visit a nursery if you want to get a specific variety or to get advice on local conditions for garlic.
The dates to plant garlic vary widely.
Mid fall plant garlic bulbs in loose fertile soil that s as weed free as possible.