spring garlic

I will be planting garlic this spring (I know I should have done so in October). I have the garlic now. Should I plant it as soon as soil diggable? Or wait for it to be a certain temperature? Should…

Garlic Stem and Bulb Nematode

Hello, I am hoping to sort out whether or not my crop has been infected with the aforementioned nematode. My plot is in the west end of Toronto(zone 6a), in a community garden. I have been growing garlic there for…

Garlic

Hello. We keep growing garlic despite not being very successful. Classic huh? The bulbs get planted in the fall. We have rotated locations. The plants grow happily and we harvest after the scapes … we dry the product and start…

Garlic Skin Colour

I planted garlic with purple wrapper colouring last year. The harvested garlic isn’t purple. Does it change colour as it dries or what’s going on here? I know comparatively July 9th is early to harvest but they were ready. I…

Onions/leeks/garlic

Our onion and leek crop failed this year. Garlic was great. We are in south western Ontario. They are grown in full sun. Crops are rotated. Garden is watered occasionally when very dry. Soil is loam. Both were replanted once.…

Garlic – straw mulch, horse manure, irrigation

1. is it ok to cover the garlic with straw as a mulch which has previously treated with herbicide? The garlic will be grown on a wooden bed of 3ft x 7ft. 2. Are there any issues with mold formation…

Garlic cloves

I have been successfully growing hardneck garlic for years in Dundas Ontario replanting the largest cloves in October. Now the bulbs consist of only 4 large cloves. Previously there were 6 or more cloves in each bulb which I prefer.…

Growing Garlic from Cloves: A Toronto Master Gardeners Guide

Garlic is not only easy to grow, but also available in several varieties, which can be nurtured, then sampled like fine wine!  In Ontario, garlic is typically planted in the fall and harvested the following summer. Spring planting is possible…

Slimy Garlic*

I have a customer that has planted garlic for a few years with good results. this year when he pulled the plants the bulb was slimy and rotten. He had planted over 100 cloves and all were rotten except one…

Garlic Bulbils*

Can I grow these in pots? Do I leave them outside in the winter?…