Onions & garlic · perennial season
Garlic
Allium sativum
Plant in fall, harvest in early summer. Hardneck types (Music, German Extra Hardy) are made for Ohio winters.
- When to plant in Ohio
- Plant cloves in October, 2–4 weeks before the ground freezes
- Harvest window
- Late June to mid-July the following year
- Days to maturity
- Overwinter crop; ~240 days
- Spacing
- 6 in.; rows 12 in.
- Light
- Full sun
How to grow it
Split bulbs into cloves the day you plant. Set clove point-up, 2–3 in. deep, mulch with leaves or straw. In June, cut scapes on hardnecks. Harvest when 4–5 lower leaves have browned. Cure 3 weeks out of sun, then store.
