"Christina Websell" wrote:

The packet of three I just got said "can be planted in autumn or spring"
I did plant some once in my garden, in spring. They did grow but only into
bulbs, like a large spring onion and didn't split into cloves.

It depends on the variety; softneck types are indeed planted in the spring
in California. I'm guessing most folks here have no closer to a California
climate than I do; all my garlic is fall planted. Mostly hardneck, but a
few softneck types for variety.


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Gary Woods AKA K2AHC- PGP key on request, or at home.earthlink.net/~garygarlic
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