About Music Garlic
Garlic is grown from cloves, not seeds. It is easy to grow—great for
beginning gardeners.
Plant cloves so that the pointy tip—where the sprout comes out—is
facing upward.
Space cloves 4 inches apart.
Fertilizing garlic helps bulbs reach full size. Add fertilizer about 2 to
4 inches from the side of the stem (also known as ‘side dressing’) in
early spring, and then again as the day length starts to increase in May.
Although you can try planting garlic cloves from the grocery store,
these have often been treated so that they won’t sprout new
growth. Instead, plant cured garlic cloves from a local nursery, or
that you saved from last year’s garlic crop.
- Botanical Name: Allium sativum
- Common Name: Music Garlic
- Family: Amaryllidaceae
- Life Cycle: Annual
- Medicinal: Yes
- Sunlight: Full sun
- Plant Food: FoxFarm Big Bloom for Organic Gardening
- Size: Up to 1 1/2 ft x 3/4 ft
- Zones: 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
