Planting garlic in ... January??
I did it. I had a bunch left over. I planted about 300 back in Oct and Nov, and I decided to try one last batch now since I still had > 50 cloves left.
So, a few hours ago, I planted about 50 cloves of Legacy, and maybe 20 Music. Has anyone planted garlic this late? Results? Thx J |
Hey Soilsniffer:
I'm just an hour down the road. I usually pick up some different garlic varieties at the Virginia Beach flower show (mid-January) and immediately plant them. I've never seen much difference between them and the November-planted. In years that have a warm early winter - where the garlic tops grow tall - only to be nailed by a cold late winter the January-garlic does better. Jeff |
I was just wondering if it was too late; haven't got mine out yet with all the rain, so I'll follow in your footsteps and just plant late. Good luck to us! :twisted:
Good info Jeff, thanks! |
never tried it here.
we usually have 3 ft or more of snow on frozen ground, makes it kinda hard. i have been told that as long as you can dig the ground, you can plant garlic. i'm just not willing to go to extreme measures to do so.:no: keith |
I plant in fall (October), but you can plant it whenever you want, even spring. Just expect smaller cloves.
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I planted garlic in early November(?). It is up, about 3-4 inches. I'm worried. We've had temps down to single digits briefly, and up to 50, mostly hovering around freezing.
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[QUOTE=Nan_PA_6b;722838]I planted garlic in early November(?). It is up, about 3-4 inches. I'm worried. We've had temps down to single digits briefly, and up to 50, mostly hovering around freezing.[/QUOTE]
Do you have any straw or mulch around it? It's Tuff but a blanket over it for winter never hurts. |
I did put some pine needles over it; I could re-mound them up. Also have a few leaves. The only other thing I've got is dirt-like compost to bury them in.
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[QUOTE=jtjmartin;722762]Hey Soilsniffer:
I'm just an hour down the road. I usually pick up some different garlic varieties at the Virginia Beach flower show (mid-January) and immediately plant them. I've never seen much difference between them and the November-planted. Jeff[/QUOTE] That is good information, thanks very much. |
I'm glad to see this post as I've been toying with the idea of planting more garlic soon. With all the rain, all of a sudden the tops of some of my October planted garlic are starting to yellow. :? I have extra cloves that are in good shape so I will plant some out there tomorrow just to see how they do.
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