How to Grow Garlic with soil prepared
SOIL
Garlic likes full sun & well-drained soil. Garlic is quite tolerant when it comes to soil types & textures, but it appreciates sandy-clay-loam that is friable (easily crumbled in the hand) with high organic content. It does best when the soil pH range is 6.2 – 6.8. As with most crops, proper soil preparation is essential. If you have a large field or garden, till the soil to really break it up. If you have a small plot, spade up the top 6 to 12 inches. Garlic roots like to go deep, so well cultivated soil is a big help. Mix in the organic matter and manure at this phase. After the deep tilling, a final pass with a cultivator really aids in planting by powdering up those top inches of soil.
To increase the tilth of your soil, add organic matter such as well-composted manure or by using green mulch (tilling cover crops into the soil such as clover or buckwheat).
You can get your soil tested at a local university extension office or use one of the soil testing kits on the market. Make sure you take samples from several spots in your garden and mix them together to obtain a representative reading. Your garden or field should drain easily – standing water could cause bulbs to rot in the ground.
PLANTING
Planting in the fall is best, just like other bulbs (tulips/daffodils), plant 4-6 weeks before significant ground freezing occurs. Getting the cloves in the ground during warmer weather allows germination to occur, followed by good root formation. When you’re ready to plant, separate the garlic bulb by cracking/splitting the wrapper and separate the individual cloves for planting. Don’t separate the cloves more than 48 hours before planting or they will dry out and lose viability. Bigger cloves mean bigger crops, so plant the biggest bulbs and eat the smaller ones!
Space cloves 4 to 6 inches apart (6-8 inches apart for elephant garlic) with the pointed end UP and the flat end down. Tips should be placed about 2 inches below the soil surface (3-4 inches below for elephant garlic). The tighter you place your cloves to each other the better, because it helps with weed control, while also having enough space for each clove to grow into its own bulb.
For dry climates, it helps to cultivate the soil again just before planting, making it powdery enough for cloves to easily drop into place & bury themselves.
For heavier/wetter soil, use a broom handle to poke holes & then use a rake to cover up the holes with soil.
Identify your plant hardiness zone on our website by searching your zip code, this will give you a good general idea of when your planting window is. Green garlic shoots might begin to appear above the soil in late autumn. Tips might suffer a bit of winter burn, but they can tolerate & even grow in temperatures zero & below.
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