Fall is the time to plant garlic. It loves the cold and will be ready to use next spring and summer. Just place the end of the clove with the root down into the soil the same way that you plant any other bulb. You do not need to remove the paper slip from the clove. The dark...
Simon and his colleagues have successfully induced garlic seed production in certain varieties of garlic by severing the flower stalk from the bulb. The crop, scientifically known as Alium Sativum, usually has a sterile reproductive system...
The heads themselves need some work when they come out of the soil. They need to be cured in order to last a few months. This involves cleaning the garlic and then exposing it to a nice breeze and dry but cool conditions. To clean up the garlic, pull off the lowest leaves altogether,...
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To cure garlic in preparation for storage, hang the bare bulbs with their foliage in bundles or spread them out on a table or rack. You can begin eating them right away, but bulbs intended for storage must be cured. After a few weeks of curing, it’s bulb-cleaning time. Trim the sta...
If they aren't exposed to freezing weather for at least a few days, the usual result is poorly formed bulb that generally consists of just one or two giant, malformed cloves.Garlic is not planted from seed, but rather from individual garlic cloves. Each clove will produce a single plant ...
If you are interested in Growing Garlic in Pots, just get the garlic bulb from the farmer’s market, not from commercial grocery stores. Because the garlic in these stores might be old and treated with a sprout inhibitor, you won’t get the desired result after planting them. Fill the ...
Garlics that prefer colder climates will often still grow in warmer regions but the bulb size will be far smaller than it normally would and they may be less robust and disease resistant. Garlic needs vernalization (cold weather) in the winter, with the bulbs beginning active growth and develo...
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So, now we know what garlic is and what we’re looking for. But why do so many health food types tout it as such a magic ingredient? Can it really be so great? As we already know by now, the main portion of the garlic plant we usually use is the bulb, winkling out those indiv...