Garlic Journal 2012 - 2013

[gixxerific]

Okay its Oct 21st, and I am just planting garlic. I normally try for around the 15. But it has been warm here as of late. Cool nights and somewhat warm days. Heck I still have a few tomato, pepper plants producing.

I have 4 variety's going in Music, Chesnok Red, Georgian Crystal and Pescadero Red, the latter being my fav even it is has a smaller bulb.

I am also transplanting the volunteer, late, whatever garlic that was growing already. I am calling them bubils. I even put a few in a pot that I will bring in before the freeze and keep going to see how it performs against the in-ground frozen cloves.

Here is to a great garlic harvest everyone.

By the way last year I did double rows at 8 in. with plant spacing at 4 in. between double rows 18 in. This year I did 5 in. plant spacing with 8 inch row spacing. They are tight but the ground is fertile and I don't see garlic needing much room if properly fertilized.

The first pics, I didn't get all the cloves ready to be planted but here is the transplants.


This is how they came out in clumps of loose cloves weird?

After being cleaned so I could separate them easier without TOO much root damage!!

The potted ones!

[James]

Separate those little bunches and plant them. They should do great. I just planted my garlic last week.

[johninfla]

Just planted mine.....ajo rojo....might be a little early....I've never had good luck with garlic....

[littleminnie]

Those little volunteers are great. I love when that happens.

I plant mine 8 inches apart, staggered rows, 6 rows per bed. Beds 3.5 feet across and 48 feet long. That makes 432 in each bed.

Here is a pic from spring. I stagger everything I plant.

These beds only had 3 rows and were supposed to have shallots on the edge but it didn't work out that way.