Are you planting garlic this year?

[Jed]

Not sure your growing season but garlic is usually planted up to the shortest day of the year here. I'm sure yours as you said may not develop fully but at least you will have those lovely greens to flavour dishes.
Your climate, is it only summer and winter or is it 4 seasons?

 

[ChanellG]

Ha! It's only summer with brief visitations by the other seasons, lol. It's not unusual to still have summer temperatures going into November and December. We're enjoying some spring-like weather now, but in a few weeks... I remember last year we had a great spring and then as soon as the first day of summer arrived, wham! It was like someone flipped a heat switch. The morning is mild right now, but it will get up into the 80s this afternoon. (80F)

 

[lovinglife]

Wish this forum had a place for location, being world wide it is hard to keep track of where everyone is at. Like ChanellG, I would imagine someplace hot like Texas, I used to live there, so know how it can be. I am southern Idaho, we have already had 99 F. Now it is back down in the 70's for a week or two. My garlic is 2 feet high and growing strong! I love it. Of course we have a long cold winter to counter that hot dry summer....

 

[ChanellG]

Wish this forum had a place for location, being world wide it is hard to keep track of where everyone is at. Like ChanellG, I would imagine someplace hot like Texas...

Well, apparently there is, since I can see you are in Idaho. Some people may not want their location displayed with their name on each post, the way you have chosen not to display a photo of yourself. However, if you look at someone's' profile, it's quite likely there is information there about where they are located.

 

[headfullofbees]

Here in the UK, I planted some elephant garlic cloves back at the end of October.
They seem to be going well enough, as they are about 2 ft tall, although I have read that they sometimes do not split into cloves and just grow as a large ball, like an onion.

 

[ChanellG]

Here in the UK, I planted some elephant garlic cloves back at the end of October.
They seem to be going well enough, as they are about 2 ft tall, although I have read that they sometimes do not split into cloves and just grow as a large ball, like an onion.

The ones I planted seemed to stop growing, though I am hoping they were just dormant. When I turned out the container they were planted in they looked like little pearl onions. Still, it's the farthest I've ever gotten. I've started new cloves, we'll see how it goes.

 

[headfullofbees]

The ones I planted seemed to stop growing, though I am hoping they were just dormant. When I turned out the container they were planted in they looked like little pearl onions. Still, it's the farthest I've ever gotten. I've started new cloves, we'll see how it goes.

What's winter like where you are, as I believe some varieties need plenty cold to "vernalise"?

 

[ChanellG]

What's winter like where you are, as I believe some varieties need plenty cold to "vernalise"?

It's generally mild, though it's possible to see freezing temperatures overnight on occasion. I had the garlic in the fridge for a little over a month, then I started it indoors, then I set some of it outside. The stuff I set outdoors seems to have survived the best, but I think the winter was just too wet for it.

 

[Jed]

Wish this forum had a place for location, being world wide it is hard to keep track of where everyone is at. Like ChanellG, I would imagine someplace hot like Texas, I used to live there, so know how it can be. I am southern Idaho, we have already had 99 F. Now it is back down in the 70's for a week or two. My garlic is 2 feet high and growing strong! I love it. Of course we have a long cold winter to counter that hot dry summer....

It sounds like you have the perfect garlic growing climate. Too much rain before harvesting as we can have here can cause the garlic to get stained and take on an odd aroma.
I gather your garlic would be close to harvesting.

 

[GardenElixir]

I will not be planting garlic this year. I'm not really a fan of garlic myself, it's nice in really small quantities but not enough for me to consider growing it myself. I know that my uncle tried growing them but had problems, I blame the climate for that.

 

[ChanellG]

I just got the best surprise! One of the baby bulbs I replanted that I thought had gone dormant has just sprouted a new shoot! If I can keep it alive, I may just see a full grown bulb this year - which would be a HUGE accomplishment for me, lol. Fingers crossed that the other two will follow suit!

 

[Vinaya]

we grow two varieties of garlic. Normally, October and November are garlic plantation season and February and March are the harvest period. Some we also plant garlic in the spring.

 

[spiffyg]

I have about 6 cloves in the ground that were left-overs from the grocery store. The daytime temperature was in the low 60's when I planted them. I added a layer of dried leaves from around the yard to discourage nosy animals (they still dug up a couple) and to keep the ground moist. Today I put another 6 cloves in the ground. The temperature feels a bit chillier now but not a huge difference. The first six have grown to a size of maybe 7 inches. Next year, I plan on increasing the amount. I'm not sure how much you would need to grow to feed 6 people... I'd probably guess 9 or so cloves planted in the ground every couple of weeks might do it. Starting to put them in the ground in mid/late fall, you might be able to get 8 or more batches of cloves in the ground before the ground warms up. I think I'll try that out later this year. I just buy more garlic than I think I'll use at the store and use a few cloves for planting. I'm in a very mild climate so there's a lot of experimenting to do.

 

[zigs]

Yep, got mine in late, just about Christmas, but they're doing ok

 

[headfullofbees]

Yep, got mine in late, just about Christmas, but they're doing ok

Should be fine.
I reckon we're for a cold six weeks.