How to grow garlic
Amaryllidaceae, easy to grow
Plant cloves in autumn, forget about them, harvest next summer.
Growing garlic for the first time
Difficulty: Easy · Sun: full sun · Ready in: about 240 days
1. Choose the spot
Pick a sunny spot (6+ hours of sun). It does best in loam, sandy soil with a pH of 6.0–7.5. Avoid clay soil, or improve it with compost.
2. Sow or plant
Sow outdoors in Oct, Nov, Feb. Space plants about 15 cm apart.
3. Look after it
- Water roughly every 10 days, more in hot or dry weather. Water the soil, not the leaves.
- No regular feeding needed in good soil — a mulch of compost is enough.
- Keep weeds down, and add a daily note and photo to your BeAgric grow diary so you can spot problems early.
4. Watch for problems
Common problems: Rust. Take a photo with Check a plant if leaves look spotted, yellow or wilted.
5. Organic tip
Needs a cold spell to form bulbs, so plant before Christmas.
6. Harvest
Expect your first harvest about 240 days after planting. Record it in Harvests and list any spare on the marketplace.
Growing it organically
Needs a cold spell to form bulbs, so plant before Christmas.
Common problems
- Rust
Spotted something? Check a photo of the leaf.