How to Plant Garlic From Start to Finish, by The Dutch Farmer
Thanks to The Dutch Farmer for sharing his wisdom and knowledge! I wrote the following notes watching the video published on The Dutch Farmer's channel. You can watch it using this YouTube link.
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September: preparing the cloves
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From your best garlic heads from last harvest (or from your organic store), break down the garlic into individual cloves.
October 25: planting
Prepare the soil in no dig. Below, bulk compost is used.
Setup garlic on mulch Credits: image taken from The Dutch Farmer's vlog.
Space the cloves 5 cm to 10 cm from each other in rows of about 30 cm.
Space the cloves 5 cm to 10 cm from each other in rows of about 30 cm Credits: image taken from The Dutch Farmer's vlog.
March 17: new garlic has come out
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May 21st: garlic is at adult size
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June 27th: harvest and set to dry
Around the beginning of the summer (end of June in the northern atmosphere), the garlic should be ready to harvest.
See how to judge the readiness of garlic.
Then, set it put to dry under cover by hanging the garlic:
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August 29th: garlic is ready
About 2 months later, garlic is dried ...
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August 30th: prepare for storage
... and it is ready to be stored for later consumption or soon coming new planting season!
You simply cut off the dried stem.
Credits: image taken from The Dutch Farmer's vlog.
