Quick Garlic Growing Instructions

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!