Instructions

1. Plant garlic in the fall, 6 weeks prior to freeze. Usually mid-October.
2. Since garlic is a heavy feeder, fertilize your soil with a good all-purpose fertilizer and/or compost.
3. Separate the cloves from each bulb.
4. It’s best to do an alcohol soak for 20 minutes in a full-strength sterilizer such as 70% Vodka. Drain cloves then put them in a fertilizer soak. (https://keeneorganics.com/garlic-fertilization-soak/) to give them a boost which reduces disease, increases plant health, and increases bulb size.
5. Plant garlic into prepared soil about 3 inches deep, and about 6-9 inches apart with the tip of the clove up and the roots down.
6. Cover the tip of clove with soil.
7. Cover with 3-6 inches of mulch (straw, leaves, etc.) Wait until spring.
8. In the spring weed, weed, weed!
9. In late May early June keep weeding and cut scapes. The scapes are delicious. Also, cutting scapes will increase the size of the bulb.
10. Harvest when you have 5 full green leaves left or 50% of leaves at botton have died.
11. Cure garlic out of the sun and in an area with good circulation until fully dry; about 3 weeks.
12. Properly store your garlic.
13. Eat and enjoy.