When should you plant garlic??

Answer 1

Garlic is best planted in the fall and will be ready to harvest the following spring.

Garlic likes to sprout roots in the fall and feed and develop for a little while before the cold winter temperatures force it to curtail its growth and rest until the warmer weather comes. It uses this time to establish its root system so it can survive the winter and be ready to explode with growth in the spring before the weather turns hot.

Before you plant ... soak garlic cloves in water containing one heaping tablespoon of bicarbonate of soda (baking soda) and liquid seaweed to protect them from fungus as well as give them an energy boost. Leave the cloves in the soda water overnight or long enough for the clove covers to loosen so the liquid comes into contact with the surfaces of the cloves. Garlics clove covers can contain fungal spores, or conidia or the eggs of pests such as mites and are best discarded rather than planted since the first thing the cloves do is to shed them, anyway. The baking soda helps neutralize the fungi.
The cloves should then be soaked in rubbing alcohol for three or four minutes and then planted immediately. The alcohol kills pests and pest eggs and any pathogens the first soaking missed.
Plant about 2 to 3 inches deep, with larger varieties going a little deeper in the ground than the smaller varieties.

More tips on growing garlic:
http://www.gourmetgarlicgardens.com/growing.htm#anchor17762005

Good luck! Hope this was helpful.

Answer 2

in fall fall you plant them in the fall so the roots could thicken and grow so the time the ground freezes the roots will be thick enough to survive harsh winters plant them 3 inches deep when u see the flowers on the garlic during feb cut them off! it willl make the bulbs biggerDig them up dont pull the green shhoots dig them up let them dry in a room where there is a ffan for 2 weeks! You will have nice fresh garlic save 3 bulbs for the following fall for planting!!! Any other question email me mama


Good Luck mammasitaa good luck

Answer 3

When the time is right. Like now.