Horticulture & Specialty Crops
Garlic Production Guide
A production guide for garlic growers. It covers seed stock, fall planting, care, harvest, and curing, with room to track varieties and results. Print a copy for each season and keep the filled pages with your farm records.
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The steps on this page
- Buy clean, disease-free seed garlic
- Choose hardneck or softneck
- Prepare well-drained, fertile beds
- Plant cloves in the right season
- Mulch for winter protection
- Control weeds in spring
- Cut scapes where suited
- Harvest, cure, and store
How to use this guide
Pin it up in the shop or barn. The numbered steps are a short reminder, and the notes lines are for details specific to your operation.
Where to check the details
This sheet is a general template, so confirm specifics with your own manuals, labels and local rules. For current official guidance, start with eXtension and USDA.
For more in this area, see the planting dates and harvest timing. Between chores, farm.FM has farm humor, including Rural Voters’ Breaking Point Sits Below Cost of Production, and farming farm stories.