Growing Garlic

Allium sativum : Amaryllidaceae / the onion family

Jan F M A M J J A S O N Dec
    P P P P P          

(Best months for growing Garlic in Australia - cool/mountain regions)

  • P = Plant cloves
  • Easy to grow. Plant cloves. Best planted at soil temperatures between 10°C and 35°C. (Show °F/in)
  • Space plants: 10 - 12 cm apart
  • Harvest in 17-25 weeks.
  • Compatible with (can grow beside): Beets, Carrots, Cucumbers, Dill, Tomatoes, Parsnips
  • Avoid growing close to: Asparagus, Beans, Brassicas, Peas, Potatoes

Your comments and tips

28 Dec 12, Annemarie (South Africa - Dry summer sub-tropical climate)
Would like to find out, can we plant carlic with sucess in Hopefield Western Cape.
12 Oct 12, Rupa bodasing (South Africa - Humid sub-tropical climate)
I live in Kzn,on the North coast,i would like 2 knw da best time for planting garlic
15 Jan 16, ATHOL HAWKES (South Africa - Humid sub-tropical climate)
I live on the humid South Coast of Natal and would like to know if it is feasable to grow garliccommercially ?
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Hi Cheryl. Usually if the garlic is not formed into cloves, it's because the garlic has been dug too early. I usually dig mine once a couple of the leaves have gone yellow, and are clearly dying, but the middle few leaves are still green. The timing is different every year because of rain, dryness etc. This year i planted in March, but had to dig early because some were going mouldy. You just can't tell. Could that have been it.? But you can just eat it as normal. It's the good thhing about garlic, you can eat it no matter what it looks like.

- adam

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