wen do i plant garlic & how long dose it take to grow?

Answer 1

October.

Answer 2

Garlic, depending on the variety, is usually a pretty attractive houseplant. It is related to Aliums, one of my favorite garden flowers. The foliage will be long and straight, like grass. If it starts to look scraggly you can give it a "hair cut" to about four inches and it will keep on growing happily. Given a sunny window and reasonable dirt to grow in, your bulb (the part you planted but would normally eat) will even bloom. Among the slender leaves, it will send up a bud that will bloom into a light purple (or maybe white) fire-works shaped flower. All bulbs have a life cycle that does best when given some time to rest. After it has bloomed, it may start to look kind of tired. You can transfer it outside any time the ground is soft enough to dig. Garlic is pretty hardy, and chances are it will do pretty well. They say garlic is a good companion planting for roses because it attracts the good garden bugs that eat a host of pests that will otherwise ruin your roses.

Answer 3

You don't say where you live, and a lot depends on your climate. In central Maine we plant on Columbus Day (that's after several hard freezes). The bulbs winter over and are the first thing up in the spring. Harvest late summer, when the stems turn yellow. Don't wait too long or the cloves will start to split apart.

There's no agreement as to whether cutting off the bulblets will give you bigger cloves underground....

Answer 4

Plant the cloves from the garlic bulb individually about 40 mm deep in the ground. This is normally done in the Autumn. The garlic will be ready for harvesting in August next Year, the foliage will have started to die over.

Answer 5

Plant Sept - Nov in full sun. If it produces a flowering stem while it's growing, cut this off. Harvest when the tops fall over and allow them to dry out in the shade for a couple weeks.

Answer 6

It depends on what zone you live in. I live in zone 6 and always plant mine after Columbus day, and harvest around Father's day. The source you purchase your garlic from should be able to tell you an appropriate time to plant in your area.

Answer 7

i am a kitchen gardner( organic) and i grow all my own veg, i always plant in december because garlic need a frost to get it gowing, ya can also just keep two aside and use for seed the next year

it will be ready when the leaves turn yellow and die down
good luck

Answer 8

Well if i was starting a patch i would plant it the first of next month and keep it watered good so that it gets going.. it will rest over the winter and start growing again in the spring.. that way you may get some bulbs of a good size by next year around july.. don't let patch get to crowded or they won't grow of any size..
work up the soil really good so it don't get hard around them. put some peat moss in the soil to keep it loose..
good luck..

Answer 9

Plant in March to pull up in late August / september. Or plant in November for July cropping (but it may rot in the ground if it gets too waterlogged)

Answer 10

I plant summer cropping garlic on the 'shortest day' in December (this year 20th) and winter cropping garlic on the 'longest day' in June (this year was the 25th) .....(both these days vary slightly year on year - so check your calendar). This is in accordance with Biodynamic gardening techniques......... I get whoppers following these recommendations!!!