I would either order the garlic I wanted or buy some from the grocery store.
Break the cloves apart and separate them by size. Use the small ones and
plant the larger.

Find a bed that you will be able to keep up for years. Plant the cloves 4
inches apart with the pointed end up, in a row deep enough so you will have
1/2 inch of dirt on top. They grow in almost any soil. I raised it in
Arkansas (Acidic soil) and here now in Kansas (neutral soil). I prefer the
elephant garlic over the strong ones. I add fertilizer to the soil between
my harvest and the replanting of the next years crop. I use 10-10-10, and
do it sparingly. I like to water the crop every 5 or so days when we don't
get any rain.

I harvest mine when the tops start dying back (end of June to first of
August, depending upon the year), cure them (wash the dirt off, cut all but
6 to 8 inches of stem off, and lay them on the floor of my garage for 10 to
15 days), and then put them in the coolest room of the basement until
September. Then I take out a bunch of the largest, separate the cloves,
plant 100 of the biggest cloves and use or give away the smaller. It last
in my basement until well into the next summer if I don't use it or give it
away.

Dwayne


"jJim McLaughlin" wrote in message
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Portland Oregon area

Suddenly have an urge to grow garlic.

Soil is well drained and loamy, has 3/4 day sun.

Plant from sets?

What time of year?

Thanks.