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garlic
hiya!
I had read that the way to plant garlic is to save a nice big clove and then plant the clove in the ground in the late fall for early spring harvest.
I saw a pp talk about planting for fall harvest..so can I plant it now??
Re: garlic
I'm in NorCal, and we plant in Sept./Oct. for a June harvest. It doesn't seem like you'd have enough time if you planted now for a fall harvest. I'd have to plant in February/March for a fall harvest; I can't do that since all my Sept. plants are still in the ground then. But you have little to lose by experimenting with it. If it's not ready by the fall and you have a mild climate, they might be ready in the spring.
I read somewhere that some sellers to supermarkets treat their garlic so that it won't sprout. But I'm not sure if it's true. I plant large heads from our farmers' market each year and get good results. I pay $.75 a head and yield probably 8-10 good sized heads off of that, so it's a pretty good return since it doesn't take up much gardening space. I haven't had such good luck planting from my previous year's garlic. They seem to get smaller with each iteration for me, so I just start fresh each fall with farmers' market garlic.
I've had great luck with garlic in containers as well.