SnapdragonQ
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Sometimes I have planted garlic as late as Jan and it still does well, but usually I plant about the time that one would plant Tulips. Early to mid November up north, Dec down here.
I often will mulch the beds with leaves, or whatever I have on hand, to keep the temps as stable as possible to limit late season growth (which garlic will do) and in the spring as soon as I see the daffodils poking up I'll rake the mulch to the side and leave it.
Garlic loves a lot of organic material and appreciates being mulched. That's really all there is to growing garlic besides not eating it all next year so you can replant it again.
Garlic is remarkably adaptable and I've been growing from the same bulb sets I first bought in 2006.
I often will mulch the beds with leaves, or whatever I have on hand, to keep the temps as stable as possible to limit late season growth (which garlic will do) and in the spring as soon as I see the daffodils poking up I'll rake the mulch to the side and leave it.
Garlic loves a lot of organic material and appreciates being mulched. That's really all there is to growing garlic besides not eating it all next year so you can replant it again.
Garlic is remarkably adaptable and I've been growing from the same bulb sets I first bought in 2006.