Growing Garlic

Allium sativum : Amaryllidaceae / the onion family

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Not recommended for growing in USA - Zone 9b regions

  • Easy to grow. Plant cloves. Best planted at soil temperatures between 50°F and 95°F. (Show °C/cm)
  • Space plants: 4 - 5 inches apart
  • Harvest in 17-25 weeks.
  • Compatible with (can grow beside): Beets, Carrots, Cucumbers, Dill, Tomatoes, Parsnips
  • Avoid growing close to: Asparagus, Beans, Brassicas, Peas, Potatoes

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15 Feb 09, rob (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
can you grow aussie garlic in qld
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14 Jul 12, swany (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
hi, im from cooloola cove qld. i planted garlic, onion and leeks in april, all looks very good, but went away for three weeks and the beds have now been taken over by weeds. to many to weed out by hand. what can i spray on them.
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29 Jun 14, (New Zealand - temperate climate)
We have just stated using sugar cain mulch and that is working.
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17 Jan 09, Barbara Burnet (Australia - temperate climate)
My organic Australian Golden Garlic this year, is beautiful. Very hot & sweet .Will have some extra for seed. ' 'The Pearls of Life.' Delicious.Loves cold dry organic soil.and regular watering.
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04 Jan 09, Maureen (Australia - temperate climate)
I don't want to buy bleached Chinese garlic & can't find Aussie kind so have decided to grow some, if I plant the bleached Chinese bulbs will the toxic chemicals transfer to the new garlic while growing?
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03 Jan 09, Cooper (Australia - temperate climate)
Jodie - a local producer here in the Uppper Hunter is growing organic garlic and selling online - google the name 'Patrice Newell Garlic'. Happy hunting.
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31 Dec 08, Ben Knox (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
Gday, we live right up the mountain end of the Ovens Valley,N.E. Vic and have just harvested our first galic crop, fully organic. Its a good one! We grew tommies, capcicums, eggplants and corn in that patch last summer and are thinking to do a green manue crop like clover instead of more vegies then letting it rest for the winter. Wondering if this is the best way to go. Our soil is some of the finest untouched flood plain soil you will ever see, is well drained, full of worms and grubs, well mulched and completly clean. What are the thoughts of our fellow organic growers? Have a great day and happy new year to you all. Ben and Katie.
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18 Dec 08, Wendy (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
I live in Ballarat I planted mine in March and when I pulled some up in October they were like spring onions..so I phoned a grower who told me "Don't pull them up.. they look like that for ages and then they "bolt" and you will get a nice bulb.. which is what has happened.. We have had a cold wet winter and a not much better spring and summer ..I just just pulled some up as the tops fell over.. and still I have 20 plants till going strong.. If you put the cloves in oil please keep it in the frig and/or only cook with it ..as it can produce the botulism toxin in an anaerobic environment and this toxin is destroyed by cooking .. I am wondering now when to plant my next crop so would like to hear from anyone in my area Wendy
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14 Dec 08, jason (Australia - cool/mountain climate)
hi we have been getting good rain at our farm in newry victoria , what happens if i plant some garlic now, as lm about to head away for 3 weeks over christmas and had some laying about my kitchen used, and its still cool weather?
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03 Dec 08, Don Owen (Australia - temperate climate)
Christine, be aware that storing garlic in olive oil can produce dangerous toxins as it is too alkaline. Some acidifier such as vinegar must be added. There are many net references to this so I'd google this for more info. Don
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This is a transcript of a article on growing garlic in central Australia (desert). It is on ABC Rural News and may be a help to you. Trials reveal potential for garlic-growing in Northern Territory Posted 7 Oct 2016 MAP: Alice Springs 0870 A trial exploring the capabilities of seven garlic varieties in the red centre is showing some early positive results. Seven varieties of garlic are being trialled at the Northern Territory's Arid Zone Research Institute (AZRI), alongside the standard industry garlic variety, Glen Large. The Alice Springs environment will demonstrate how varieties that have never been grown commercially in the Northern Territory respond to extreme cold and extreme heat. Central Australian Horticulture Development Project manager and researcher Stuart Smith said despite challenges such as poor water quality, the results so far had been positive. "We're hoping, because we're just south of the Tropic of Capricorn, we're just a bit a little subtropical, that we're in the right area," he said. "We've got the right heat profile, right day length and we're able to grow some good bulbs. "If it'll grow here, it'll grow anywhere. "Central Australia is a bit isolated from the rest of Australia so it doesn't have the pests and diseases of the other garlic-growing areas." Plan to get garlic onto market early in season Mr Smith believes there is a market opportunity for garlic that grows early in the traditional growing season. We thought we could get a few varieties to come early on the market, so we can get some good prices for them and replace the imported garlic," he said. The first successful harvested trial crop has reached a stage of maturity that would be ready for market. "It's got a code name called AF. We're getting some good-sized bulbs out of this," Mr Smith said. "I estimate we're getting 6-8 tonnes per hectare." The DPI's Stuart Smith and agriculture minister Ken Vowles stand in a field of garlic PHOTO: Stuart Smith and Primary Industries Minister Ken Vowles discuss the garlic crop trial near Alice Springs. (ABC Rural: Katrina Beaven) Mr Smith said the early trial results were encouraging despite poor water quality and salty soils. "We have to keep watering them pretty constantly to keep moving the salt out of the root zone," he said. "The water we're using at AZRI is pretty low quality. "Most of the water other people are using in horticulture around the Central Australian region is a lot better quality than this." Mr Smith said the research results would also add value to what was being learned by a grower at Orange Creek Station, south of Alice Springs, who is conducting a commercial garlic trial this year.

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