Hard Neck Snake Garlic (Allium sativum)

Hard Neck Snake Garlic (Allium sativum)

http://www.durgan.org/URL/?OACWD 3 October 2008 Planting Garlic The largest cloves were planted in October 2008 to overwinter in the ground.

http://www.durgan.org/URL/?MFPIT 29 March 2009 Garlic growing. There are about 100 plants and all survived the Winter.

http://www.durgan.org/URL/?GGrowth 18 April 2009 Hard Neck Snake Garlic (Allium sativum) Growth

 

http://www.durgan.org/URL/?GarlicGr 2 May 2009 Garlic Growth
Garlic growth is excellent to date.

 

Love your photos of your garlic, I too grow garlic, not sure what kind though, my mother brought it over from Italy over 50 years ago and grows enough to use and resow each fall she sent me some 20 years ago as a wedding gift(great sense of humour) and I've been growing since. I'm sure it's a hardneck variety. It's not as all as yours yet, but by the end of August it impressess my neighbours. One ? though, I notice that you grow your in a slightly raised bed, how deep do you plant your cloves?

 

Planting depth is about four inches. Raised beds are only to improve surface water drainage. I probably don't need them now, since I have installed buried drainage tile ditches, and now all the surface water is adequately removed. I always use my best cloves for seed each year.

 

http://www.durgan.org/URL/?GarlicM 4 May 2009 Mulching Garlic
Wood chips obtained free of charge from the city last Fall were used to mulch the garlic bed. This will maintain moisture and tends to inhibit weed growth.