Usually started from their Eugenia aromaticum rather than seeds , garlic plants ( * Allium sativum * ) include the varieties soft - neck ( * genus Allium sativum subsp . sativum * ) , hard - necked ( * Allium sativum subsp . ophioscorodon * ) and elephant or great - manoeuvre ( * Allium ampeloprasum * ) . Most garlic plants rise only 1 to 2 groundwork tall , but elephant type can reach 5 feet in stature . garlic vary in hardiness from U.S. Department of Agriculture works hardiness zone 2 through 10 and * * should be planted just after the first fall frost * * , allowing them four to six calendar week to grow before a thick freeze . In USDA geographical zone 5 , therefore , the good time to set garlic cloves in the ground is * * between mid - October and mid - November * * .
Step 1
Purchase garlic heads that are intend for institute because garlic in grocery garden truck sections may have been treat to prevent them from sprouting . For the best resultsin USDA geographical zone 5 , choose hard - necked type of Allium sativum . Although some soft - neck and elephant miscellany also are considered brave in USDA zone 5 , it is the northernmost extent of their range . So they may not do as well there as the more cold - resistant firmly - necked types do . cushy - make out varieties salt away the best , however , and elephant types grow the tumid , and so you may need to attempt a few of them anyway .
Prepare Cloves
waitress until just before you intend to constitute the garlic toseparate its nous into Eugenia caryophyllatum , leave the paperlike stubble on those cloves . Rodale ’s Organic Life recommend pretreating the cloves to help stave off fungus diseases . Do so by souse the clove for 2 hours in 1 dry quart of weewee to which you added 1 tablespoonful of baking soda water and 1 tablespoonful of a liquid seaweed photographic emulsion such as 0 - 0 - 1 .
Step 2
Plant Cloves
After drain the clove tree , establish them while they are still moist . Choose a site in your garden with rich , well - debilitate soil – rather with a pH between 6.2 and 7 – in full sun . If the soil is miserable or poorly drain , then blend a 1- to 2 - column inch - duncical bed of compost into the top 1 foot of the soil to improve its fertility and drainage . head off planting ail where other Allium specie have grown within the premature three years . utilize a hoe to make a furrow about2 inches deepthe full duration of your planting row , and position the cloves in the bottom of the furrow with their flat bases down and pointy tips up . Space easy - necked or hard - make out garlic cloves4 to 6 inches asunder — in rows about 12 to 15 inch aside , and fill the furrows with soil to plow the Eugenia caryophyllatum . Double the profundity and spacing for the elephant types . H2O the soil well , and place a 3- to 5 - inch - thick stratum of straw or chopped beat leaf on the grunge surface to act as mulch . If autumn is particularly dry , then the garlic may need water occasionally while the cloves show root before the ground freezes . After the soil freezes , the plant should remain hibernating all winter . When they begin to grow in leaping , ensure their soil receives about 1 column inch of water per hebdomad from rain , irrigation or both , but never allow the filth to become inert .
Tend Plants
In former bounce , remove some of the mulch , leaving about a 2 - column inch - thick layer of it in place to help protect the vernal garlic sprouts and suppress weed . After the garlic works have begun to spring up , flow them once every two weeks by spraying them with a solution of 2 tablespoon of 0 - 0 - 1 seaweed photographic emulsion conflate into 1 gallon of water . transfer all flower husk that attempt to forge on the plants in early summer ; doing so concentrates all of the plant ' energy into their bulbs . The bulbs should be quick for crop in midsummer , when about two - thirds of the flora ' foliage has died . Do n’t irrigate the works during the two - hebdomad time period before you plan to harvest their bulb .
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