Garlic is a delicious and hardy crop that requires relatively low effort to produce a bountiful harvest!
Here’s a few important tips to remember when planting garlic:
- Source garlic from a local farmer, nursery or reliable website, store bought supermarket might not be suitable for this climate
- Make sure to plant your cloves with the pointy side up and the root side facing down
- Plant cloves in 2 inch holes spaced 4 inches apart from each other
- Hardneck garlic tolerates the cold and so it is more suitable for zone 5b than other varieties
- Mulching will hinder weed growth and help with moisture retention
- Water deeply about once a week, don’t over or under water
https://www.almanac.com/plant/garlic
https://www.nybg.org/blogs/plant-talk/2009/11/tip-of-the-week/tip-of-the-week-how-to-grow-garlic
Join us at the VINES Urban Farm for our upcoming garlic planting green thumb workshop to get some hands-on experience!! The workshop will be held on Saturday, 10/21, you can sign up here. Everyone is welcome!!
