Planting Garlic
by John Yazo
Garlic is very easy to plant and is planted from the individual cloves of a garlic bulb. The cloves are separated by breaking the bulb apart with your hands, this process is also know as cracking. You can buy garlic bulbs at some garden centers or you can use the same garlic bulbs that you would purchase at a supermarket. You will get anywhere from six to twelve usable cloves for planting from one bulb depending on the size. Only plant the larger cloves , small clove usually don't produce very large bulbs.
Pick a location to plant that gets plenty of sunlight for most of the day. Stay away from areas that trees or even other taller garden plants will shade them. Garlic likes full sunlight.
The soil that garlic likes is a loamy well drained soil that has organic matter in it and with a ph level of 6.0 - 7.5. A soil that can retain a steady moisture content is very important in the growth of garlic throughout the growing season to produce a large healthy productive crop. Stay away from soils that dry out easily or add soil amendments to the soil to improve the soil structure to retain moisture. Organic matter in the soil is a key to having a good healthy soil structure.
Garlic can be planted in individual or double rows. Plant the cloves with the pointed tip upward. The cloves should be space apart from six two eight inches in all directions.. Once the cloves have been planted place a two inch covering of soil over the top of them. Then water with a generous amount of water.
Garlic like a good steady supply of moisture to thrive and produce a good healthy productive crop. Dry soil conditions will tend to stop the growth of garlic.A good rich soil that retains moisture well and mulching properly after planting garlic will help achieve the perfect conditions to grow garlic.
If you would like to comment on this website or have any suggestions please feel free to contact us
