Last week I planted hard-neck garlic that I got at the Silver Spring (Maryland) Garden Club's October meeting. Tony Sarmiento, a local garlic grower and evangelist, shared a head with everyone at the meeting.
- He advised that your plot get 9 hours of sun a day and be grown in well-drained soil that has organic matter.
- Break up the head and plant the individual cloves 6-8 inches apart at a depth double the height of the clove.
- It is recommended to dip the cloves in a mixture of 1 part bleach to 9 parts water before planting.
- He also advised covering the patch with mulch after the ground has frozen.
Easy, right?
I have grown garlic in the past with mixed results so I am eager to see what happens when the winter is over. The garlic will be ready to harvest in early summer.
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