How to Plant and Grow Garlic for the Biggest Harvest Ever
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Garlic is amazingly easy to grow. All you need is a sunny spot and these important tips. You'll never have to buy garlic from the store again!
Garlic is amazingly easy to grow, and is one of the few crops that never fails me. I've grown it for several years in our backyard garden and always end up with a great harvest.
It's a good thing, too, because we LOVE garlic. It's a key player in my homemade pesto and is amazing in Honey-Garlic Chicken. If you have a little patch of sunny garden, give it a try! Here's how easy it is.
Prepare your soil. I've grown garlic in pots, garden boxes, and directly in the soil. My best results come from planting in soil, probably because we have very hot summers and the pots and garden boxes don't retain enough water.
We're in California (Zone 9), so Grandpa says to plant garlic between Halloween and Thanksgiving (the earlier, the better). This year, I chose a spot between the raised beds and the birdbath in the backyard, pulled all the weeds, and mixed in a healthy dose of compost.
Just like veggies, garlic needs to be spaced properly so it has room to grow. Hubby made me this plantermajigger from a piece of scrap wood and some dowels.
Just push into the soil and presto! Perfectly spaced planting holes, about three inches deep and three inches apart. If you don't have a plantermajigger, poke holes in the soil with a pencil or stick.
Now it's time to prep your seed garlic. You should buy seed garlic from a garden store and not grocery store garlic, because it's usually sprayed with chemicals and stuff that keeps it from sprouting. Take off the outside "paper" so you can see the individual cloves.
Then pop the cloves off the base and get ready to plant. Note: don't plant the tiniest cloves, like the one in the lower left corner. Tiny cloves make tiny crops. Check out the blog link below for planting tips!
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Live in Fl. Will it grow well down here? I love the plantermajigger.
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Ok, so I've planted it, when is it mature, and how long to cure. I also live in zone 9
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It will be ready next summer! https://brownthumbmama.com/harvest-cure-garlic/
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