Wasn’t worried about climate, but just thought you could help twyn1 with general tips & tricks on garlic culture.
Sorry to hear about the rust problem. Besides new stock, do you need to do anything to the soil to prevent a new outbreak in the replacement stock?
I plant in October but like I said our winters are so mild that we rarely have even had a hard frost and has only snowed 4 times in the 60 years I have lived here. I just plant the garlic in rows about 9 inches apart and rarely have to water it.