How to Plant Garlic Bulbs
If you love to cook and eat, then planting a small garlic bed might be on your list as an addition for a garden. Garlic only takes a small area in which to grow. Once started, you can replant the tasty bulbs year after year. By following a basic procedure, you can plant the easy growing garlic bulbs for a fresh addition to your cooking. Does this Spark an idea?
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Instructions
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Find an area in your yard that has exposure to full sun. Garlic loves the sun from morning to evening. Mark a small plot approximately 4 foot by 4 foot.
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Remove the grass and sod from the plot with the shovel. Place the sod in a pile in the corner of your yard to begin a compost pile. The compost can be added every year as a side dressing to the garlic bed.
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Turn the freshly uncovered earth over with the shovel down to a depth of 8 to 12 inches. Smooth the soil over with the garden rake.
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Separate the cloves you purchased from the seed store and plant each clove approximately 3 to 4 inches from each other and 2 inches deep. Garlic does not have to be planted in rows. In fact, the closer the bulbs are planted, the better the garlic will keep out unwanted plants and weeds. Water in the plot to thoroughly soak the cloves. The garlic will not require any further watering for the rest of its growing period.
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Tips & Warnings
Spring planted garlic can be harvested in the late fall or when the tops begin to yellow. Fall planted garlic will be ready for harvest the following summer, again when the tops yellow. After harvest, allow the garlic to cure by hanging the plants in a dry and well ventilated area. Save half of the harvested bulbs back for replanting the next year. You may soon have to expand the plot by the third year as the garlic will begin to become prolific from constant replanting.
