How to Grow Organic Porcelain Hardneck Garlic in Maine.

ZONE 5

THE NO NEED TO WEED or WATER, WAY OF GROWING GARLIC.

Growing Organic Porcelain Hardneck Garlic in Maine is great! Every year a dependable crop of delicious garlic is only 11 months away and worth the wait. On our farms here in Zone 5 Maine we plant organic porcelain hardneck varieties like German Extra Hardy, Georgian Fire, and Music. Porcelain hardneck garlic has the most flavor and health benefits of any garlic, due to a higher “allicin” content. Here are some simple steps to take to ensure a 100% successful garlic planting…

TIPS TO PLANT PORCELAIN HARDNECK GARLIC SUCCESSFULLY

PLANT 10 days before average first fall frost.

Plant Cloves in a 4″ inch deep hole, broom handle thick.

Plant cloves tip up – unpeeled.

6″ inch spacing between clove plantings.

Fertility needs to be well rounded with good calcium and sulphur – Cover with 6″inches of STRAW. We use the straw & hay from our deep litter duck bedding, kelp from the coast, and crushed egg shells.

PORCELAIN HARDNECK GARLIC

How to successfully plant details…

NOTE: However much you plant, x4 is about what you will harvest. Plant #1lbs – Harvest #4lbs.

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One clove planted, becomes one bulb at harvest.

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