You CAN grow them inside, but what they’ll do is produce a lot of ‘greens’ (which you can clip and use for flavor, much like a green onion) versus making you nice, juicy heads of garlic.
If you’re concerned about garlic from China, try these sources because I know for a FACT (having worked for both companies and having cleaned my share of Garlic for shipping in the past) that they are sourced in the USA and NOT from China! An amazing amount of Garlic for the home gardener comes from the East Coast and surprisingly, Wisconsin!
When you order, tell them the Planting Zone or Zip Code you are in, and they will ship them to you at the proper planting time.
For example, I am in Zone 4/5, so I plant my garlic in the Fall of the year, cover it with mulch, let it sit over winter, then let it grow all the next summer for harvest again in the Fall of the next year - then I later re-plant some that I have just harvested and dried for a few weeks.
Tubebender is our Garlic Guru and he is in Northern CA. Anything to add, Tubey? ;)
Oh thank you so much for responding!
Yes, to both inside and outside growing.
Good info! I am planting zone 6. Most curious about some reading I’ve done that I may be able to do an early ...spring planting for fall harvest as our winter has been so very mild. And still may be able to get a fall harvest?
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