How to Grow Garlic

Learn how to plant, care for, and harvest gourmet garlic from your own garden! We have all the organic gardening supplies you need at http://www.groworganic.com. See our blog post http://groworganic.com/organic-gardening/articles/growing-garlic-whats-the-di... & more info at http://groworganic.com/organic-gardening/

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• growing garlic
• organic garlic
• organic garden
• garlic seed
• seed garlic
• gourmet garlic

[evaofnc]

I planted my garlic in early December and it's already begun to sprout. We've had an unusually warm winter here so I'm wondering if my garlic should already be sprouting this early. Will it affect the performance of my garlic? Thanks!

[groworganic]

@evaofnc Not at all. It's perfectly normal for you garlic to have sprouted at this time. Keep it mulched and it should do just fine. Garlic is very frost tolerant, in fact I've had several feet of snow on my garlic with no apparent harm.

[ivylamejor]

Hi I'm so happy my garlic is growing so fast. I have another question I've hear that broccolli and lettice don't like hot weather but I live in the carribbean. What can I do? Is always hot over here!

[groworganic]

@ivylamejor Shade and mulching will keep the soil cooler. Warm soil is what makes cool-weather crops bolt. Also, try lettuces like our Michelle, which has a higher tolerance for warm weather.

[ivylamejor]

How long do I have to keep the garlic in a dark room and when can I start using it?

[groworganic]

@ivylamejor Hardneck and soft neck garlic are done curing after about two weeks. Elephant garlic should cure for more like thirty days. Thanks for the question and enjoy your garlic!

[groworganic]

@longbeforedawn Thanks for the suggestions!

[groworganic]

@ivankinsman It's so helpful to have feedback from garlic growers -- thank you!

[longbeforedawn]

hmmm. people. you will enjoy gardening MUCH more if you TAKE YOUR GLOVES OFF! :) try it. Also, try taking your shoes off. Just sayin... Try it.

[ivankinsman]

Again, an interesting comment about the mulching and we will use this. We have always found it difficult but this year we had very good garlic owing to a very rainy summer. I also think it is really important to use a reliable supplier for your garlic bulbs - forget about planting the supermarket varieties!