When do you plant garlic?

 I am interested in the practice of growing garlic, I mean real garlic not
elephant garlic etc.  Around here some have planted already (late summer)
and others will not plant for more than a month (autumn).  There are
commercial offerings of "seed" which say plant also in spring but that also
says 16-20 weeks to maturity.

I will be planting in a few weeks about the equinox and expect to harvest in
spring about 24-26 weeks away.  This works very well for me being in the
southern hemisphere (so it grows though winter) in a warm temperate climate,
about zone 9b.

So if you actually grow garlic (compared with reading about it) when do
plant and harvest?  What is the relationship to your seasons?  What is your
climate like?

David

 

First of all, where are you?  I'm guessing from the seasons stated that
you're in the southern hemisphere?

I grow a number of varieties of garlic in the northeastern U.S.; mostly
hardneck, but a few softneck.  I plant in late October into early November,
which is a good month before the ground freezes to any degree.  Winter lows
hit -10F to sometimes -20F or lower.
One point:  unless you have pretty cold winters (substantial time below
freezing), many hardneck garlics will not do well; they need that dormant
period.  It's always best to get your planting stock from as close to home
as possible.
You're welcome to look at my personal web page, in the .sig below for
spreadsheets and what information I've posted.

Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
Zone 5/4 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G

 Gary Woods wrote:

In the part you snipped I said

"I will be planting in a few weeks about the equinox and expect to harvest
in
spring about 24-26 weeks away.  This works very well for me being in the
southern hemisphere (so it grows though winter) in a warm temperate climate,
about zone 9b."


So you also plant in Autumn but your winter is much colder than mine so in
mid winter you would get no growth, whereas here it grows all winter long.

When do you harvest?

David

 
He said that he was in the southern hemisphere - you snipped that out.

 

I saw that after I posted, along with the moderate climate, which means
looking for varieties that don't need very cold winters.


Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
Zone 5/4 in upstate New York, 1420' elevation. NY WO G