"David Hare-Scott" wrote in message
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I am interested in the practice of growing garlic, I mean real garlic not
elephant garlic etc. Around here some have planted already (late summer)
and others will not plant for more than a month (autumn). There are
commercial offerings of "seed" which say plant also in spring but that also
says 16-20 weeks to maturity.

I will be planting in a few weeks about the equinox and expect to harvest
in spring about 24-26 weeks away. This works very well for me being in
the southern hemisphere (so it grows though winter) in a warm temperate
climate, about zone 9b.

So if you actually grow garlic (compared with reading about it) when do
plant and harvest?

Here, south of you, the old adage is to plant on the shortest day of the
year and harvest on the longest day of the year. In reality, this should be
interpreted to mean spring or late winter planting.