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5 July 2006. The garlic was planted 15 of October 2005 about 25 plants. The garlic is on a drying rack and will be kept there for about two weeks, then trimmed and packaged in paper bags. Five of the dried bulbs will be used for next years growth about 25 plants, since each large bulb has about five smaller cloves. Only the larger cloves will be chosen for seed.

Durgan.

Here is a link that might be useful: Mine in Zone 5 only one to go.

I plant in late Sept early Oct. I put a 6" layer of mulch over the bed , The bulb is not as big as in the store, but they are nice.

here is a good link from MN http://www.extension.umn.edu/distribution/cropsystems/DC7317.html

Zone 4 garlic is always the hardneck varieties. Softneck will grow, but yields are questionable, and individual cloves are much smaller. I plant the first week of October, usually, in my zone 4a garden.