Growing Garlic? Here’s How Long It Actually Takes to Grow So You Can Harvest on Time

Garlic is considered a cool-season vegetable and requires a chilling period for the best growth. Learn more about growing ...

Columbus Day means it’s time to plant garlic: George’s Plant Pick of the Week

Individual cloves that are split from golfball-sized bulbs are ideally planted in Pennsylvania in mid to late October.

Ask the Master Gardener: When to harvest squash, plant garlic as first frost approaches

This week's gardening column also addresses a reader concerned that caterpillars have feasted on their catalpa tree leaves.
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Want a Bigger Garlic Harvest? September May Be Your Last Chance—Here's Why

Garlic is an easy crop that will grow anywhere in the U.S., when planted the right way at the right time. For the best, biggest garlic, plant in autumn during the window of time ideal for your USDA ...
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6 Places You Should Never Plant Garlic (and Where to Grow It Instead)

Do not plant garlic in insufficient sun, poorly draining soil, or next to legume crops. Avoid growing garlic in containers less than 6 to 8 inches deep. Skip areas with very alkaline soils and where ...
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When Should You Plant Fall Vegetables to Get the Best Harvest? We Asked Garden Pros

Ensure crops have enough time to grow by checking the "days to harvest" information on seed packets. Plant cold weather leaves in September, alliums in October, and winter hardy veggies in November.
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Here's Why Fall is Prime Time For Planting Garlic (and It Isn't Just to Ward Off Vampires)

If you're like me, by the time fall rolls around, you're feeling pretty wiped out in terms of gardening. After months of watering, weeding, staking tomatoes and battling pests for a bite of that fresh ...