Don't compromise your crop and make sure you follow these rules when growing garlic.

Key Points Plant garlic a few weeks before hard frost so its roots can establish before winter.Space cloves out in well-drained soil and a sunny spot to prevent rot and underdeveloped bulbs.Apply 3-4 ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. There's nothing more disappointing than growing garlic for months, only to dig up tiny bulbs that are barely worth peeling.

Most garlic that disappoints in July was ruined the previous October, and not by neglect. More often than not, your garlic harvest was ruined by a little too much enthusiasm. The most common garlic ...

The gardening season has rushed past us quicker than usual this year — at least it feels that way to me. It seems like we just finished harvesting our garlic crop and now it’s already time to plant ...

Every garlic clove planted this fall is a clone of the bulb it came from. Garlic is largely sterile and grows best from ...

Vernalization is important for the success of your garlic. Vernalization is the process of cooling the seed or bulb to accelerate plant growth. By planting garlic in the fall, you are giving the ...

Fall-planted garlic grows at the Iowa State University Student Organic Farm north of Ames. Garlic may not be the first crop that comes to mind when thinking of Iowa, but many varieties do very well in ...

There are a number of bulbs you can plant in the fall; two of my favorites are garlic and irises. Both are easy to grow and really require very little maintenance through the growing season. Garlic ...

Garlic is easy to grow, but that doesn’t mean you can stick the cloves in the ground and forget about them. Proper care and maintenance of a garlic bed ensures you’ll have a better harvest. After you ...

There’s nothing more disappointing than growing garlic for months, only to dig up tiny bulbs that are barely worth peeling. Usually, the problem starts long before harvest. Planting at the wrong time, ...