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To: greeneyes

Question about growing garlic.

The suggestion here is that garlic should be planted in the fall after the first frost.

How well can I expect it to work out if I plant some now?

I’m in Zone 5b.


36 posted on 03/26/2017 10:53:51 AM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: DuncanWaring

I’m Zone 4 or 5, depending on which map I’m looking at, and grow garlic most years. I Fall plant most of it; and Spring plant more.

Both mature, and grow well, assuming we didn’t get really long, deep freezes over the Winter. The Spring planted grow for a few weeks longer than the earlier ones, otherwise not much difference: early July, vs August harvest. Your milage may vary.

One other difference is that the Spring plantings pretty much stay put, but frost cycles tend to move the others around.


61 posted on 03/29/2017 4:53:25 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch (Love me, love my guns!�)
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