What it is
Garlic (Allium sativum) is in the Amaryllidaceae (Amaryllis) family. Plant cloves in fall, harvest in early summer. Softneck types store longest and suit the South.
How to grow it
It wants full sun, water it moderate, then dry to cure, and give it loose, fertile soil. Target a soil pH around 6.0–7.5. Space plants about 6 in apart. Expect roughly 240 (overwinter). Plant fall, harvest early summer.
How it's used
Garlic is used: cooked, raw, stored.
🔎 How to identify it
- Flat strappy leaves
- Bulb of cloves underground
- Scapes on hardneck types
Edibility
PartsBulb and green scapes
UsesCooked, raw, stored
CautionNone.
🌤 Before you plant: check the live 7-day garden weather to time it right for frost and heat.
Part of the free Texas Roots plant database, compiled by Jordan Polasek from his greenhouse in El Campo, Texas. Free to read and share. If it helped, the best thanks is to grow something.