Is it *truly* too late to plant Garlic?
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Planting garlic now in Zone 5b
Comments (2)Garlic planted now will form heads, but they will be smaller than if planted in the Fall. When garlic cloves are planted, the first thing they do is put down roots to feed from the soil, then put up leaves to feed from sunshine. When you plant in the Fall, temperatures are mild enough for the root system to get established and the leaves to start before being slowed by the cold Winter. When temperatures moderate in the Spring, growth resumes and the leaves become large early, feeding the bulb. Since the roots and leaves had a good head start, larger bulbs develop by Summer. TomNJ...See MoreToo late to plant hardneck garlic?
Comments (9)no, i planted mine yesterday. columbus day is the day to plant, supposedly to allow root growth to anchor the clove against heaving as the ground freezes and thaws. i was told by a couple of vermonters last month that they planted in mid december and had no problems. they are 1/2 up the state so if they did that i really question this columbus day thing. tom...See MoreToo late to plant garlic?
Comments (6)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....See MoreToo late to plant garlic
Comments (3)Give it a try, What can you lose?...See Morepjintheozarks
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