Organic Garlic Bulbs from Madison’s Own Keene Garlic Are Now in Stock.
How to Grow Garlic…
- Plant Garlic in the fall. 6 weeks prior to freeze. Usually Mid October.
- Since garlic is a heavy feeder, fertilize your soil with a good all-purpose fertilizer or compost (optional).
- Separate the cloves from each bulb.
- You may choose to do a garlic seed treatment or fertilizer soak to give them a boost which reduce diseases, increases plant health, and increases bulb size. We highly recommend this step especially for larger garlic growers (optional).
- Plant garlic into prepared soil about 3″ deep about 6-9″ apart with the tip of the clove up and the root side down.
- Cover the tip of the clove with approximately 1” of soil.
- Put 3-6” of mulch over your garlic and wait until spring!
- In the spring, weed, weed, weed!
- In June, keep weeding, but also pick the scapes off the hardneck garlics. Eat them! They are delicious. Check out our garlic scape recipes!
- Harvest when you have 5 full green leaves remaining or 50% of the leaves have died from the bottom.
- Cure garlic out of the sun in an area with good air circulation until they are dry – about 3 weeks.
- Properly store your garlic, so it lasts as long as possible.
- Eat and enjoy!
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