This is my first year growing garlic, and I followed some video recommendations and planted before the first frost in my area. I went out to check and they’re all sprouting already. Does this mean that I’ll be SOL until next year? 😭
by SweetDisaster15
23 Comments
Totally normal.
Garlic is the one crop you should never worry about. Just be sure to bury it under st least 4” of compost
I think I’m in zone 6a, mine sprouted last year and came back gangbusters in the spring. I had cloves the size of full garlic heads.
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it’s just fine. let it grow because any photosynthesis it gets will only help it develop more roots and become stronger to make it through the winter and then in spring it’s going to go gangbusters
That’s good. Viable garlic that will store some extra energy before winter. You’ll have bigger bulbs next year.
Mine look similar, if not a bit larger already.
I’m in 6a as well, mine has sprouted before winter before and it was totally fine come harvest!
You’re fine. Totally normal!
You’ll be just fine!!
I WANT mine to sprout before winter. 7a-ish here
How come there is no dirt in the box?
No it’s all good.
Put more compost over them
Mine had 2-3″ sprouts by first frost last year and half of them had huge cloves, my smallest cloves would be large ones by grocery store standards, Im 6b upstate NY and we had record lake effect snow and the harshest winter ive seen in awhile.
Now is a good time to fertilize them.
My friend grew thousands of garlic plants for years and I do remember them sprouting a bit before the snow started and it was always fine.
I’m up in Maine, and I did a trial planting a couple years ago of about a hundred plants (9 each of 12 varieties) each in three different plantings (so around 300 total), in mid-september, mid-october, and the end of october. All three sprouted before winter, with the earlier plantings obviously having more pre-winter growth, and came through fine. The earlier plantings also started growing earlier and faster in the spring, and matured earlier, with the 1st planting having the largest bulbs, the 3rd the smallest, and the 2nd in the middle.
For cold climates, I think the general wisdom around garlic timing is more based on being *able* to plant it quite late so that the space can be used as late as possible by main-season crops, but early plantings are actually better if possible.
No. It’s fine.
I’m in 6a and was worried mine haven’t sprouted yet lol
Id be more worried about the 6 inches of soil you planted them in…. All the real-estate left.
No. It is SUPPOSED to be sprouting.
Should have been planted first of September and eight inches tall by now in the ground.
It’s fine but I usually wait til after Halloween
I used to plant my garlic in about July after the okra harvest. Let them sprout up, get big, grow those bulbs. I basically had okra and garlic on rotation because their seasons were the opposed for me.
I think I’m 7a now. I’ve got hella grass sprouting from my straw but I plan on leaving it alone. Should have a killing frost any day now.
6b…it’s totally fine. Mine was a foot tall before first snow last year and I didn’t lose any and had giant bulbs