Garlic Time!

Reader Contribution by Jason Akers
Published on November 23, 2011
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 Its garlic time again!  Sorry if I sound a little excited but for a gardener who is already getting weary of fall and the prospect of a coming winter garlic provides a welcome reprieve.  There’s something about peeling the skin away thats akin to unwrapping a present.  The separation of the cloves becomes a zen-like experience. 

Its actually tough to find decisive advice on when to plant garlic.  Common wisdom states that either spring or fall planting is correct.  However what most don’t state is that the garlic needs a period of chill to essentially break dormancy.  If you plant in in last fall/early winter you don’t have to worry about that.  And as long as you plant the garlic deep enough and mulch well you won’t have to worry about the winter harming the cloves.  Plus when I plant the varieties I grow around the first of November here in Kentucky I get a harvest in time for my tomato harvest.  The choice is pretty obvious to me. 

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