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Gardening

NewHendoLib

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12. western NC here - I just plant cloves in September, and harvest them in June

Reply to onethatcares (Original post)

Sat Oct 28, 2023, 02:51 PM

Oct 2023

I use raised beds. Amazing to plant one clove and harvest one big, plump bulb! Very easy crop - but I am sure there is a growing zone dependency on timing.

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garlic, does anyone grow it? [View all] onethatcares Sep 2023 OP

It really is a low maintenance thing to grow Siwsan Sep 2023 #1

Don't know about zones or 'starter pots'....... MyOwnPeace Sep 2023 #2

I used to store my peeled cloves in a canning jar of vinegar or sherry in the niyad Sep 2023 #6

We planted ours last fall and it grew wonderfully Bristlecone Sep 2023 #3

I usually harvest when orthoclad Sep 2023 #8

It grows well in my neck of the woods (zone 4), but I don't like it Ocelot II Sep 2023 #4

We have a very large garlic farm about a mile from us. Good loamy soil and drainage. erronis Sep 2023 #5

Easy to grow orthoclad Sep 2023 #7

As soon as the bulbs I have grow roots onethatcares Sep 2023 #9

Ah! I see orthoclad Sep 2023 #11

it's one of the easiest up north ShepKat Sep 2023 #10

western NC here - I just plant cloves in September, and harvest them in June NewHendoLib Oct 2023 #12

Hard neck purple and soft neck for storage codfisherman Nov 2023 #13