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Garlic
Allium sativum
EdibleZones 3–9root
At a glance
- Sunlight
- Full sun
- Water need
- Low
- Mature height
- 0.5 m
- Maintenance
- Low
- Hardiness
- USDA 3–9
- Layers
- root
Functional roles
food
Propagation
How to make more of this plant for free — the permaculture way.
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When: Plant cloves in autumn
In the kitchen garden
- Sow (months)
- Not yet checked
- Harvest (months)
- Not yet checked
- Spacing
- Take it from the seed packet
- Family
- —
- Frost
- Not yet checked
Planted in autumn and left alone: it needs a cold spell to split into cloves.
Needs a cold period to split into cloves, so autumn planting matters.
Where to get it
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Seed data pending expert review. Identification photo and description are sourced from Wikipedia/Wikimedia; always confirm a plant in person before eating any part of it.