Preparing Garlic Bed for 2011 crop.

**Durgan** · 09-28-2010, 05:18 PM

28 September 2010 Preparing garlic bed. 28 September 2010 Preparing garlic bed.

A garlic bed was prepared for planting about the 20 of October to allow the garlic to overwinter. It is a raised bed 8 feet by 8 feet, which will contain over 200 cloves. The area can be a wet, so the raised bed is prudent. Fertilizer was compost, a bit of peat moss all worked into the underlying soil. The bed will settle for about three weeks then the cloves will be planted.

**StaceyS** · 09-28-2010, 06:32 PM

Thanks! I just received my garlic variety pack in the mail.

**chickmom3** · 10-03-2010, 06:45 PM

If you do square foot gardening, how many cloves do you plant per square? How much garlic does it produce for you? We are a family of 4-5, depending on ds coming home from college. Would that be enough for us? I was thinking of planting myself and I knew the season was coming quickly.

**Durgan** · 10-03-2010, 08:03 PM

Originally Posted by chickmom3

If you do square foot gardening, how many cloves do you plant per square? How much garlic does it produce for you? We are a family of 4-5, depending on ds coming home from college. Would that be enough for us? I was thinking of planting myself and I knew the season was coming quickly.

I plant the cloves at five or six inch center spacing with the top of the clove about two inches from the soil surface. After the top of the ground freezes the surface is covered with wood chip mulch to a depth of about three inches. The shoots will come up through the mulch with no problem in the Spring.

Eight square feet will contain over 100 cloves, which is a lot of garlic. In 2010 I had about 84 perfect bulbs.

Each clove produces about a fifth of a pound, or five bulbs to the pound.

Here is the 2010 Harvest. 3 July 2010 Garlic Harvest

**Palooka** · 10-04-2010, 01:10 AM

I keep reading this title as Preparing Garlic Bread for 2011. heh Okay, just ignore me.

Durgan, you are full of great info.

**sinopa27** · 10-04-2010, 06:13 AM

i would like to plant the garlic in the organic soil bags. Has anyone done this? i grew tomatoes in the bags and always have a lot of tomatoes. And if I am able to do this, what do I cover it with for the winter? thank you.

**pop goes the weasel** · 10-04-2010, 09:28 AM

(I keep reading this title as Preparing Garlic Bread for 2011. heh Okay, just ignore me.)

Me too!!!

**Durgan** · 10-04-2010, 02:48 PM

Originally Posted by pop goes the weasel

(I keep reading this title as Preparing Garlic Bread for 2011. heh Okay, just ignore me.)

Me too!!!

Blame the primary educational system.

**EthansMom** · 10-07-2010, 05:25 PM

Thanks for the info! I'm excited to plant my garlic this year!

**udwe** · 10-13-2010, 01:48 PM

I'm waiting for my garlic to come in, as well as the asparagus crowns. We have a bunch more garlic ready to go into the bed. The weather has been so weird, my neighbors lilacs are blooming!?!