How to Grow Garlic
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Growing Garlic Bulbs
Garlic is grown from bulbs, or rather the cloves of the bulbs. (That's a tongue twister!) A clove is what you call each section that you remove from the garlic bulb before using it in your cooking. The bigger the clove, the bigger the bulb of garlic will be produced when the plant is full grown.
Do not plant the cloves of the garlic that you have purchased at the grocery store for consumption.
How to Grow Garlic
Grow Garlic at Home
The actual garlic that you will be using grows underground and so you need to dig-deep when preparing a spot for growing garlic in your garden. Garlic needs full sun and well-drained soil that has a lot of organic matter in it such as peat moss. If you live in the southern hemisphere, it is best to plant your garlic in the fall for spring harvesting. If you live in the North, the opposite is true. Plant your garlic in the early spring to be harvested in the fall.
When growing garlic bulbs, plant them about an inch to an inch and a half deep, and approximately four inches apart from each other. The package may call for more space between them but I've had great success when using this method. Remember to plant the garlic clove with the pointy side up. The foliage of the garlic plant will grow anywhere from a foot to two feet tall and can be used in salads. It has a milder taste than the cloves. Be careful not to use too much of the foliage though as this will stunt the growth of the precious bulb beneath.
Keep your plants well-watered and weed free and before you know it, you'll have enough garlic to last the year.
Garlic photo appears courtesy of Valerie Everett
How to Prep Soil for Growing Garlic
Growing Great Garlic
The Definitive Guide for Organic Gardeners and Small Farmers
Growing Great Garlic: The Definitive Guide for Organic Gardeners and Small Farmers
Amazon Price: $10.42 (as of 06/01/2012)
The first garlic book written specifically for organic gardeners and small-scale farmers
Growing Great Garlic is the definitive grower's guide written by a small scale farmer who makes his living growing over 200 strains of garlic. Commercial growers will want to consult this book regularly.
The author tells us:
*which strains to plant
*when to fertilize
*when to plant
*when to prune flower stalks
*how to plant
*when to harvest
Plus, how to store, market, and process the crop.
Growing Great Garlic makes a genuine contribution in the field of garlic classification that will help the public recognize several distinct varietal types of garlic.
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Garlic - Companion Planting
Garlic is a wonderful companion plant for roses. Don't worry it won't give your roses bad breath. Unfortunately, the roses won't make the garlic smell any better either!Rose photo appears courtesy of ItsGreg
Roses Love Garlic
Companion Planting and Other Secrets of Flowers
Roses Love Garlic: Companion Planting and Other Secrets of Flowers
Amazon Price: $5.71 (as of 06/01/2012)
This sequel to Carrots Love Tomatoes lists hundreds of herbs and flowers, with information on how their proximity can maximize the health and yield of vegetables, berry bushes, and fruit and nut trees. This edition features a dozen illustrated garden plans. 178,000 copies in print.
When to Harvest Garlic
When the foliage of the garlic plant dies back, it is time to harvest your crop. Using a pitchfork, very carefully, dig up the bulbs. You can leave the stalks of foliage on them if you like or remove them with a sharp pair of garden shears. Your garlic needs to cure a bit before you use it. To do this, you need to store it in a warm, dark place for a week or two. Afterwards, move it to a cool dry place for storage.
Photo appears courtesy of Iburiedpaul
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Successful Garlic Growing
Elephant Garlic
Elephant garlic is a type of garlic that has extremely large cloves and bulbs and has a milder flavor than the standard varieties. Elephant garlic is grown in the same way that regular garlic is with the exception that you should always start it in the fall no matter where you live.
Elephant Garlic Bulbs
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Elephant Garlic 3 Cloves - Be Healthy & Heart Smart!
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3 Garlic Cloves
Each clove will grow a bulb of 3-6 ounces.
3-5 cloves is sufficient for most gardeners.
Mild garlic-like flavor. Elephant Garlic is not a true garlic at all, but an enormous bulbing leek.
Shipping: Begins Mid September
Cooking with Garlic
Garlic is mostly used as a seasoning in many dishes and sauces.Photo appears courtesy of sciondriver
The Garlic Lover's Cookbook
by Gilroy Garlic Festival
The Garlic Lovers' Cookbook, Vol. II
Amazon Price: $199.66 (as of 06/01/2012)
From its humble beginnings more than a quarter century ago, the Gilroy Garlic Festival has exploded into an all-out lovefest of 125,000-plus ravenous ravishers of the fragrant bulb. On the first weekend in July, fun and feasting take over the bustling community of Gilroy, California, as garlic lovers gather to live, breathe, and, of course, taste their favorite clove in a variety of culinary incarnations. The centerpiece of all this aromatic activity is the Great Garlic Cook-Off, a unique venue for amateur cooks and professional chefs from around the country to compete head-to-head. Now back in print, the second volume of the festival's recipes brims with prizewinners, crowd-pleasers, and palate-teasers, proving the endless possibilities of glorious garlic.
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Garlic Products available at eBay
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the reward of eating your home-grown garlic crop!Garlic is a member of the allium family which also includes leeks, shallo - Gourmet Garlic Gardens Growing Tips - How to Grow Garlic
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Are you Ready to Grow your own Garlic?
Please leave your garlic growing tips, tricks, comments or questions here.
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my2165
May 8, 2012 @ 8:11 pm | delete
- came here to look at answers to when I should harvest my garlic, I started about 2-3 weeks ago, all of them are growing except 1 which might catch on, might not, can't tell as of now, anyway great lens very informative, didn't know you had to cure the garlic after harvesting, I was just going to wash it and stick it in the fridge!
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lbrummer
Apr 20, 2012 @ 6:13 am | delete
- Just the information I needed. This lens answers one of the top searched questions on Google in 2011, therefore it is featured on my new lens "Squidoo Answers Googles Top Most Asked Questions in 2011."
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alysaa
Apr 6, 2012 @ 8:49 pm | delete
- This what I do to my garlic and it comes out pretty good http://howtofixstuff.blogspot.ca/2012/04/how-to-grow-organic-garlic.html
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JennySui
Aug 26, 2011 @ 6:02 pm | delete
- Nicelens. I love garlic and I like to grow vegetables in my garden.
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clouda9
Mar 26, 2011 @ 9:50 pm | delete
- I feel lost in the kitchen if I don't have garlic on hand to season my recipes...it is certainly a fave in our house. Enjoyed the read.
PS The Amazon Elephant Garlic Still Life Artwork must have been moved, it is not showing on the lens.
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- Successful Garlic Growing
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- The Garlic Lover's Cookbook
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