Technically, garlic should be planted in the fall two to three weeks before frost in order for the bulbs to grow roots and develop stems before the first hard freeze. Since our winters have been ...
One of my favorite moments of the vegetable gardening year is when my wife Suzanne and I go out in October to plant the next year’s garlic crop. Garlic should be planted between Oct. 1 and Nov. 15 to ...
Garlic shouldn’t be planted when the soil is too warm because it will quickly sprout. If it’s planted too late, it won’t have time to get a root system established. Garlic needs a sunny spot ...
Garlic (Allium sativum) has been cultivated for thousands of years and is an incredibly easy vegetable to grow. While grocery stores tend to carry only one or two types of garlic, hundreds of ...
This limits where hardneck garlic can be planted in the South. Softneck varieties have a soft central stem that allows for easy braiding of the harvested plants. These varieties store longer and tend ...