Growing Garlic

Allium sativum : Amaryllidaceae / the onion family

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(Best months for growing Garlic in Australia - arid regions)

P = Plant cloves

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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13 Aug 22, Michael (Australia - temperate climate): Mid Autumn - late March, April, early May. Harvest in November here in South Australia.
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13 May 22, Janice (South Africa - Semi-arid climate): Good day I started planting garlic in April 2022,when do I harvesf
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21 Sep 22, Bee-Pie (South Africa - Humid sub-tropical climate): You can start checking your garlic crop now. Look at the leaves and if you can count 5 to 6 leaves browining from the bottom up then it's time to harvest.
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18 May 22, anonymous (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): About 5-6 months time
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03 Apr 21, Lasha (South Africa - Dry summer sub-tropical climate): If planted in may will the garlic grow well?it will have two months warm and about two war and two cold
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06 Apr 21, (South Africa - Dry summer sub-tropical climate): On a tv show the other day they said in the southern hemisphere plant garlic April May.
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11 Jan 21, Heidi Paulse (South Africa - Semi-arid climate): I have a 1.3 hectre smalholding on the west.coast south africa and would like to start garlic planting.Where can l found a garlic planting guide. Thanks
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01 Feb 21, Sharon (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): Graceland Garlic
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12 Jan 21, Carl (South Africa - Dry summer sub-tropical climate): One of the best resources is https://livingseeds.co.za/garlic
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12 Jan 21, (South Africa - Summer rainfall climate): Do you have agricultural government departments, ring them and ask.
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One other company for great Garlic is garlicworld.com. They are based in Port Campbell in Victoria, Simon and his wife.I got some lovely Californis purple from them. Not sure if they'd have any left now. A couple of years ago, I got some Purple garlic which came from Chile. I really don't like to buy out of area stuff, but I figured it would be a one off, and haven't bought much since, except for the garlicworld stuff. Melanie, the garlic is ready when the top wilts and leans over, as Jen has said. Sometimes, the plant goes into flowering mode, but usually not, usually it just falls over. The stem that falls is the bit you use to tie it up with, so if you let it die too much, you won't get the protective outer skin, or something to plait it with. I tend to wait until it looks a bit ratty, but hasn't died completely, about a week or so after it keels over. Then I dig it up, don't pull it from the stem, I learned that lesson the first year.!! Hope this helps.

- Adam

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