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Monday, September 10, 2012

How and Why to Plant Fall Garlic: Maryland Zone 7

Visit The Rusted Garden's YouTube Video Channel Follow The Rusted Garden on Pinterest Follow The Rusted Garden on Twitter Twitter will be used for Q and A, Reminders and Gardening Tips Garlic is a great garden plant because it goes in the ground when a lot of vegetables are done growing. This is more true for areas that get real winters, like my area (Zone 7). Garlic can be plant in the spring but it is best planted in the fall. What is the reason? Garlic needs to go through a cold period of 40 degrees or less as to be primed and ready to form large bulbs come spring harvest. They need about a 2 week cold period. Your refrigerator could replace cold weather. Fall garlic should be planted in late September or October. Basically, fall planted garlic will get the cold weather and form large garlic bulbs come spring. Spring planted garlic will grow but you could end up with a smaller bulb. Either way, you can grow garlic in the fall and spring! And what else do you have growing in your garden through the winter. Garlic should be planted about 3 inches deep and 4-6 inches apart. This depth is to provide frost protection and heaving protection during ground freezes. If your winters aren't causing major ground freezing you don't have to plant as deeply. I plant my garlic a little closer together (2 inches) because I am not after monster size bulbs. I'll never use it all. I prefer to pull it fresh. I don't even cure it typically. But if you want to get maximum size bulbs and cure your bulbs, you should plant your cloves 4-6 inches apart. You can order garlic from catalogs or (in my case) plant garlic bought at the grocery store. There are rumors that grocery store garlic is treated to retard sprouting but that is either a myth or ineffective. I grow grocery store garlic yearly and it works without issue. To prepare your bulb for planting, simply break the bulb into individual cloves. Throw away any overly soft or damaged cloves. The clove gets planted as describe above with the root side down. If in doubt, just plant it sideways and Nature will do it's thing and it will right itself so to speak Everyone has room for a row of garlic. Give it a try. You have a few more weeks of planting time left. Good Gardening, Gary Posted by at 2:08 PM

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  1. hharleSeptember 10, 2012 at 5:31 PM

    I planted some last fall and it took till early June of this year to get to max size. I will plant some more this fall even though I have plenty left. I just don't know how long it will stay good

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  2. UnknownSeptember 11, 2012 at 11:15 AM

    I wonder if it would work in pots? I'm going to try! :)http://www.munchtalk.net/

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    1. The Rusted GardenSeptember 11, 2012 at 12:50 PM

      Garlic will work in pots. Onions work too. Good luck with it. I just planted long radishes in deep window type containers. That is an experiment.

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  4. MoeDecember 7, 2024 at 12:36 PM

    I have been really sick and I received my garlic in September by mail. Do you think it's too late to plant my garlic now? It still looks beautiful. What if I plant it 3 inches deep do you think it will grow?

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