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10 Mar 23, Rod (Australia - temperate climate)

Emma, try Tasmanian gourmet garlic. They sell to people up here like us. If you're in Danbullah you are probably subtropical or temperate (like us at Lake Eacham). They have some great information on their website as well. Start of May is the time to plant, depending on how wet it is.

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21 Mar 23, Emma Vela (Australia - tropical climate)

Thank you ROD from Lake Eacham for your information, cheers.

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05 Mar 23, (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)

The temperature in the freestate goes down to minus 10 ⁰c and 39 ⁰c in summer. Can i plant garlic to grow during the winter here?

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16 Mar 23, Celeste Archer (Canada - Zone 5a Temperate Warm Summer climate)

I generally have garlic in my compost -- little bits that have maybe rotted a bit, and I can't even imagine how they grow -- but anyhow ---- I dig kitchen scraps directly into the garden over winter. Winter here gets down to about -10c for short periods of time (several nights in a row, for half a dozen hours at a time) -- generally winter temps are closer to -3c at night. Anyhow, come spring the areas where I have dug in kitchen scraps directly into the garden are usually sprouting : potatoes and garlic (among other things). So despite that I am actually planting garlic in winter, it will not grow until spring. I also grow garlic via the two year method (collecting seeds called bulbils - planting them immediately upon collection (so fall) )-- they grow in spring -- and then next year, they grow the garlic. Depending on the TYPE of garlic you are growing you can get 60 or more bulbils from one flower -- so this is economical if you have the SPACE. Again, the garlic is overwintered directly in the garden. In my area/zone, you have to yank out garlic if you don't want it -- because it just seems to grow and grow (same thing with fuchsia and potatoes).

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06 Mar 23, (South Africa - Dry summer sub-tropical climate)

It says to plant Feb to April.

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03 Mar 23, Clement Lephallo (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)

Good evening everyone. I'm in Lesotho where we have high summer rain fall and cold winter. I want to plant garlic therefore I would like to know the right season to start planting garlic.

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26 Mar 23, thabang mapetja (South Africa - Semi-arid climate)

I am also in Lesotho, last year I planted it in early March and harvested end of October.

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02 Mar 23, Aggie (Australia - temperate climate)

Hi live in South Australia when is the best time to plant my Garlic

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03 Mar 23, (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

Check the guide in the garlic section for your climate.

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02 Mar 23, Elizabeth (Australia - temperate climate)

new to growing garlic. do I fertilise the soil prior or is it not necessary ? thank you =)

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