Too Late for Garlic?

12 years ago

Is it too late to plant garlic in my Zone 9 garden (outside of Sacramento)? Low temps in the near future are upper 30s to low 40s.

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jonhughes
12 years ago
No, Plant away ;-)

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stuffradio
12 years ago
How many garlic is that John?
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Hi, This is my first post to this forum and my 3rd year growing garlic. I live in the Willamette Valley which is cool this time of year but seldom gets below the mid-teens. I planted my garlic at the end of October which isn't really late except for the mud factor. This year, because there is are several varieties of weed that flourish during the winter, I decided to mulch the garlic with chopped wheat straw - which has kept the weeds down except for a few wheat sprouts. The problem that I didn't anticipate was a raccoon has found the mulch a great place to dig for worms and bugs. I've had to put bird netting over a frame to keep the guy out. Most of the garlic is up with the artichokes about 6" tall. Right now we are at the end of our porcelains and rocamboles and will be eating the silverskins until we run out. I haven't planted enough the first two years, but this year I planted 150 heads and counted 126 poking through the straw today. Unfortunately I didn't plant any silverskins because I was under the mistaken assumption that artichokes were good keepers. I guess we'll need to eat a lot of garlic in a hurry next fall.
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Here in Western Montana I have planted garlic this late with good results, although I think several weeks earlier would have been advantageous. And in fact I did plant earlier this year than ever before. All just FWIW. I've never had problems with garlic being dug up but the neighborhood cats sure like the "litter box" my garlic bed seems to offer. So I lay down a barrier of some kind of wire- I've used different kinds of cheap fencing and now have some green-coated panels that we use to make instant fence.
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There are garlic growers in my neck of the woods. I tried planting some in a huge flower pot on my balcony last fall, but with no success. They rotted. I hope you have much better success FOAS. They need to be planted 4-5" deep, well before a serious frost. October is the normal time, but you should still be safe, given the warm fall we've had. The soil should be loose, and rich with compost. Leave lots of space between each clove as well, about 12". Cover with lots of soil, and when the soil freezes, cover twith mulch to protect it against freezing and thawing, which makes the cloves rot. Maybe that was my problem. I may have covered it with leaves and newspapers too soon. I should try it again. I went to a garlic festival last fall, and everyone said how easy it is go grow. I have no idea why our locally-grown is so expensive, and I hate buying Chinese garlic.
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Just buy it from your grocery store. Plant a clove or two. I do this all year whenever the cloves start to sprout. I now live where there are no gardeners who "STEAL" my garlic that is drying! THAT really makes me upset! Any garlic that forms into a nice bulb gets dried in the shade, and eaten by us. Those bulbs are good, and not about to sprout, so I just keep up my supply from the grocery. We use a lot of garlic here.
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jonhughes
12 years ago
I have no idea, I never counted, but it was 256 lbs ,how many are in a pound ??? Half were Elephant ???
stuffradio
12 years ago
That's quite a bit! They all look really good :)
I have 70 cloves planted.
fleemo17
Original Author
12 years ago
Wow, that's quite a garlic harvest there! Congrats!

Anybody know of a good online source for garlic bulbs this time of year? My local nursery is out of them and the online sources I checked won't ship them until February. I did find one source on Amazon but they want $1.59 per bulb. That seems a bit pricey, but then, beggars can't be choosers.
stuffradio
12 years ago
Go to your local farmers market. That's where I got mine.
bejay9_10
12 years ago
I get mine at the local market. The reddish ones have more flavor - especially for those nice pasta dishes.

I'd plant anyway, as long as the ground isn't frozen. Just poke a hole in the soft soil about an inch or so down, and a couple inches apart, and pop in a clove.

Easy.

Bejay
instar8
12 years ago
I'm in Z5, i just planted mine...;~)End of Nov is good here...so go for it!
fleemo17
Original Author
12 years ago
The bulbs are on order and should be here within the week, so yeah, I'm goin' for it! :)
nanelle_gw (usda 9/Sunset 14)
12 years ago
I am near Sacto too! Put mine in just after Thansgiving, and about half are up. Have you tried Peaceful Valley? They are in Grass Valley, still shipping, local to our climate, and 50 percent off right now.

Here is a link that might be useful: Peaceful Valley

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