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09 Jun 20, Anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Also google about garlic and read up.

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09 Jun 20, Anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Buy rooster booster from Bunnings or go to a farm produce supplier and buy an organic fert. Both of those may only sell 15-25kg bags. Or go and see if you can buy a smaller quantity from Bunnings nurseries or Coles Woolworths. You could try Seasol or something similar but make sure it has NPK %.

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27 May 20, paul hansard (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Where do I buy Garlic bulbs & ginger to grow ? Please.

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28 May 20, (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Boondie seeds or other seed selling websites.

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25 May 20, Jon Hosford (Australia - cool/mountain climate)

Garlic is best planted before the extremely cold weather sets in so that it can sprout and grow healthy leaves. It will then use this solid start to set healthy bulbs in the spring months. When tops start to flag, cease watering. Pull the garlic when the bulbs are strong and healthy and allow the leaves to die right back before storing. I live in a cool climate (Tasmania) and am able to keep garlic without it sprouting for use in cooking until July/August .

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26 Apr 20, David G (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Hi there We're in Sydney, which is officially sub-tropical. Should I plant garlic now, or wait until late May/June? Thanks David

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29 Jan 21, Paul Pryde (Australia - temperate climate)

Plant on the shortest day of the year that`s June harvest longest day of the year

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27 Apr 20, Anon (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

The planting guide says May to July. It looks like it is going to turn cold this weekend, time to plant I think. I have never grown it. They say plant around the shortest day of the year and harvest the longest - sunlight hours that is. Some people say that isn't true.

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02 May 20, mick (Australia - temperate climate)

I planted early last year and lost most of my crop early on because it was too hot. This year I planted mid April and apart from having to shade the crop a couple of days the temperature is perfect. The crop is looking great and growing fast. I'd be thinking you may need to experiment as well as hope nature doesn't decide to play games with the seasons. You might next year consider staggering 2 bulbs every 2 weeks for say 6 weeks and recording the results. That way the following year you should nail it. Good luck and keep trying. Determined gardeners eventually find the sweet spot.

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05 May 20, M (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

I was going to suggest staggering the planting over a few weeks. Seasons can vary from year to year so much. The year before last it didn't turn to cool/cold weather until well into July here. Last week we had night temps (6.7 and 7.9) within 2-3 degree of our normal coldest winter temps.

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