The 6 Stages of Growing Garlic. Growing garlic is a continuous process, starting with the best of the year's crop being kept and stored for planting the following year.

Garlic doesn’t grow well in compacted soil or heavy clay. I add a balanced fertilizer to the soil a few weeks before planting. Garlic isn’t a high-nitrogen feeder, but it does need some nitrogen.

Garlic likes to grow in well drained rich soil. I amend my soil with a good organic fertilizer and manure in the fall. Dig a furrow about 3 inches deep to plant the garlic.

Garlic chives grow well in full-sun locations. The blossoms appear in North Texas just before Labor Day. The white hemispherical flower heads appear on 2- to 3-foot-high stalks and are 3 inches ...

Lessons from an organic garlic farmer on how to grow, harvest and cure garlic at home. By Margaret Roach Every year at about this point in the growing season, Alley Swiss has a ritual he performs ...

Garlic is easily grown in most any climate and fairly neutral soil with a pH between 6.5 to 7.0. For the plumpest and tastiest bulbs, grow garlic in a sunny location and loose, fertile and evenly ...

Softneck garlic is known for being easier to store, lasting up to 9 months — you'll often see softnecks braided for storage — so if you can grow both varieties, you probably should.

Growing garlic indoors can be easier than outdoors because you’re in control of the environment, eliminating pest infestations and providing consistency in growing conditions. Winter garlic is ...

Growing garlic at home is easy, and now is the time to start planting. Instead of planting seeds, you plant individual cloves. Garlic produces a bulb-like structure called a head.

Thrifty gardeners may go to the grocer for bulbs to plant, but they may have been treated with growth retardant and be diseased. Skip to Main Content Open Close Menu. Home News.