I have not planted Garlic in March before, I usually plant it in November (Growing Garlic with Leeks and Onions) however this year we have finally run out of our Garlic stores so it’s time to plant some more.
I’ve bought the following Garlic variety Garcua from the garden centre and it’s also available online at Amazon from Taylor’s stockists.
Garlic Variety – Garcua
Garcua – Garlic variety is a quick grower which is great for Spring sowings. It forms great sized garlic cluster of cloves and stores well.
How to Plant Spring Garlic
1. Break into cloves
The garlic comes in a giant bulb, peal back the skin and with your fingers, break up the individual cloves of garlic.
2. Push the Garlic Cloves into soil
Push the individual garlic gloves into the soil with the point or tip facing up towards the sky and the flat bottom goes into the soil to form roots.
Garlic cloves are planted in raised beds in peat free compost, with each clove, a hand’s width apart from the next one.
How to Plant Garlic Cloves in a Raised Bed
3. Water well
After 1 Week (Mid March) – Shoots and Roots have formed on some cloves
If any cloves have popped out of the soil, push them back in.
Is March too late to Plant Spring Garlic?
Back to the original question in the title of this post – Is March too late to Plant Spring Garlic?
The answer is No, it’s not too late. However Garlic loves a frost and temperatures under 10 degrees for a long period of time. The cold periods are what activates the cloves to make new cloves.
No Frost on Garlic = one big individual clove.
Frost on Garlic = one bulb with lots of cloves.
So I may only get one big individual clove of garlic but I’d rather that than none at all.
Some varieties of Spring Garlic harvested in huge cloves, are sold in upmarket supermarkets. Almost a delicacy.
I’ll definitely be planting some Autumn Garlic in November.
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