How To Plant Garlic Bulbs
Use any pot thats at least 15cm wide and deep filled with multipurpose compost.
How to plant garlic bulbs. Space the rows 6 inches apart. Softneck garlic the type you are most likely planting from the supermarket needs a bit of cold to form bulbs and leaves. Sow three cloves in a 15cm wide pot six in a 30cm one.
Larger cloves will yield larger bulbs at harvest time. Ad Drop by to Plant a Seed in Our Community Garden or Simply Browse out of Curiosity. Space the cloves 15cm 6in apart with the tip 25cm 1in below the soil surface.
How to Grow Garlic 1. Planting garlic at the proper time will result in bigger bulbs. Divide the bulb into individual cloves keeping the papery skin intact.
Set cloves root side down 4-6 apart in rows 1-12 to 2 apart and cover with 1-2 of fine soil. Others suggest 6-8 inches tall in rows of at least 1 foot. Buy Garlic Bulbs to grow your own garlic.
Also includes instructions on when to harvest. About 6 in15 cm in a bed about 3 ft or 1 m wide works well. Use our simple method to decide when to plant garlic.
Sadly the idea of the Easter Garlic delivering eggs never really caught on. The depth difference when planting garlic bulbils accounts for their size. In light soil deeper planting can produce larger bulbs but dont plant deeply in heavy soil.