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06 Dec 23, Pieter (South Africa - Humid sub-tropical climate)

I was not able to find anyone selling day neutral varieties such as Southern Glen; sounds as if day lenght makes a huge difference in warmer subtropical climates; does anyone have advice as to which variety will form the best bulbs in the Lowveld's warm winters

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01 Sep 23, Isaac Sieberts (South Africa - Humid sub-tropical climate)

Which province in southafrica is the best to plant garlic

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06 Jul 23, Pitso Maseko (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)

What type of soil is suitable for growing a garlic ? Between hard neck and soft neck which test best?

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03 Jul 23, Fezeka (South Africa - Humid sub-tropical climate)

Hi there. I'm interested in planting Garlic. What is the differences between hardneck and softneck garlic ? What variety / cultivar is best for sub-tropical and summer rainfall areas ?

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05 Jul 23, (South Africa - Humid sub-tropical climate)

Softneck garlic has leaves that remain soft and flexible even when mature, while hardneck garlic typically has thicker and more brittle skin. Softneck garlic, which is often found in grocery stores due to its longer shelf life and mild flavor, is a preferred choice for most recipes. In the tropics, it is advisable to grow softneck garlic as it tends to perform better in warmer weather conditions.

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20 Apr 23, Carol (South Africa - Semi-arid climate)

Hi Feb to April is that the only time to grow Garlic in south africa Or is there another time slot Thanks

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08 May 23, Anonymous (Australia - sub-tropical climate)

Probably yes. If you could grow it other times it would say so. Plants need certain soil temperature to germinate and climate conditions to grow and mature.

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05 Mar 23, (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate)

The temperature in the freestate goes down to minus 10 ⁰c and 39 ⁰c in summer. Can i plant garlic to grow during the winter here?

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29 Oct 24, Christo (South Africa - Dry summer sub-tropical climate)

I am in bloemfontein.planted in February and starting to harvest now in oktober

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16 Mar 23, Celeste Archer (Canada - Zone 5a Temperate Warm Summer climate)

I generally have garlic in my compost -- little bits that have maybe rotted a bit, and I can't even imagine how they grow -- but anyhow ---- I dig kitchen scraps directly into the garden over winter. Winter here gets down to about -10c for short periods of time (several nights in a row, for half a dozen hours at a time) -- generally winter temps are closer to -3c at night. Anyhow, come spring the areas where I have dug in kitchen scraps directly into the garden are usually sprouting : potatoes and garlic (among other things). So despite that I am actually planting garlic in winter, it will not grow until spring. I also grow garlic via the two year method (collecting seeds called bulbils - planting them immediately upon collection (so fall) )-- they grow in spring -- and then next year, they grow the garlic. Depending on the TYPE of garlic you are growing you can get 60 or more bulbils from one flower -- so this is economical if you have the SPACE. Again, the garlic is overwintered directly in the garden. In my area/zone, you have to yank out garlic if you don't want it -- because it just seems to grow and grow (same thing with fuchsia and potatoes).

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