The spice called garlic is something you like to include in your recipes. It adds that special flavor to gravies, tomato sauces, soups, stews, pickles, salads, dressing and bread. Therefore it is only rational that you could be growing garlic in your own garden.

Before growing garlic in your yard, it is always best to have a knowledge on how garlic is planted and maintained. Here is a fast look on how garlic is grown.

A loamy soil improved with organic matter provides a acceptable environment for planting garlic cloves. If you are familiar with growing onions, then you will not get lost in growing organic garlic since their cultivation are alike. Typically, 3 pounds of 10-10-10 fertilizer is endorsed for each 100 square feet.

You may use manure or compost every year to keep the soils nutritive in balance for growing organic garlic. Moreover, the soil should hold enough moisture to avoid getting bulbs of irregular shapes. Be advised that clay soil also produces irregular bulbs.

The time for growing your own garlic is also vital to the expansion of garlic. This crop grows best on long days and warm temperatures. In addition, you need to also plant the cloves early to make allowance for the development of the leaves and the stems during short and cool days. Growing garlic during this time of the year makes sure a good crop at the end of the season.

When planting garlic cloves, they should be placed 3 to 5 inches away from one another and a half to an in. deep. Ensure that they are in an upright position in the row. Keep in mind that a reduced yield will occur when the bulbs are divided into cloves long before they are planted. This causes the cloves to dry up and become unsuited for planting.

Being aware of when to harvest this delightful vegetable is simple. You just need to see if the pinnacle of the bulb is beginning to dry. This indicates that the garlic is ready for cropping. In cropping, don’t pull the garlic to avoid hurting the stem. Instead, dig them up and allow them to dry.

Garlic is an indispensable ingredient in the kitchen so it’s recommended to include them in a vegetable garden. In growing organic garlic, these are fundamental things that you need to understand. It involves soil requirements, time of planting, spatial requirements, and method of cropping. After getting a birds eye view on these considerations, you are now ready to start planting and growing your own garlic.

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