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The garlic, which we consume, is kept in room temperature. Previous season's garlic was still edible, but not juicy anymore, when we harvested the new crop.

PhilaGardener is correct about the sprouting triggered by refrigeration. The spring planted garlic is usually vernalized in the refrigerator. Last year I got some cloves for planting from clearance at a garden center in end of November. It was too late for planting them, so I kept them in the refrigerator till March. Then I planted the cloves in pots and put in my unheated greenhouse and planted in ground in end of May, when the ground had thawed.

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