What did you space those out at?
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5 to 6 inches. And about 3 inches deep is how far down they went. Im also going to be adding soil when i remove the top layer.
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Your depth is good but your spacing is not wide enough. Moving them to 8" on center will give you more garlic. They will grow ok at your spacing but you are actually hurting your overall yield. They will get much fatter @ 8". Trust me on that, it’s really worth it. Not only will you get more weight @ 8" but also the stock you save to replant will also be bigger. That’s important too for next season.
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Thanks for that man. I will do this next season. This was my first time planting it. So i hope all goes well. Appreciate that information.
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Well, im screwed lol. I planted 100 blubs in a 4x4 bed. @willie I mean bigger than 1 single clove is still a win to me. But now i know I i should plant further apart next time.
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I’ve been there dude…that’s how I know. In all honesty I would rec pulling them up and re-setting at the correct spacing. That’s what I would do. It’s early enough and would definitely be worth your while. Remember, it’s not only small food next year but also small future growing stock for the year after that. With Garlic, you pick your biggest and best to replant…eat the runts. Big stock going in means big stock coming out.
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Canes next year please and thank you!!!
I’ll root you some Tayberry canes. 
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DEAL ! We will drive up for a visit again. This is great cause I was thinking about Tayberrys to add anyway lol @Pigeonman
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I have decided to learn a new skill, air layering. pretty straightforward, think I can handle it
anyway, there are some pods giving me a dirty look from my doorway, and my test subject is a purple lilac. so, if you live in a lilac-friendly climate (read…any place with real winter) and are interested, feel free to PM me, I’d like people to enjoy these, especially if you have a good nose, and/or are either in love with them, or unfamiliar and about to fall in love. first dib goes to @Pawsfodocaws if he’s into it 
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Im unfamiliar but interested, thank you kindly @noknees 
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@noknees I have a few in place on 3 of my present plants. Its definitely worth learning the way. The root development is strong just make sure you keep the medium your using moist to avoid slowing down the root development. I work out of town and only can get a bit of moisture to them every 36-45 hrs and they all produce nice white roots. All the same normal signs of clone root development with swelling stem to watch for. When I get home hopefully they’re still alive (away on vacation for 7 days) I’ll post some pictures of what I have going.
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Fig tree coming back after major pruning…still warm spring like temps here so plants stay outside until we cool off
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Just planted a bunch more garlic 
at my brothers place. Super excited spaced at 8" apart and 4 to 5 inches deep planted. This is the space we had to work with. Hope it all grows! Covered with hay, some squirrel protection. Bam
More garlic otw., planted music, siberian, killarney red, and russian red. Also save some for my to eat!
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HELL YEAH! your gonna be growing Garlic FOREVER for close to free as actually possible! Congratulations on starting self sufficiency for yourself & family. Its a small thing to do to get going and honestly WE ALL should have food growing in our yards. @Pawsfodocaws
Im extremely excited for you.
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Thanks brother. I cant wait to see it when i pull them. And thanks again, @CADMAN . Your project jumped me on to planting.
It going to be awesome for a while, my bro was saying next time buy a little less. I laughed hard and said if this works for us we wont need to buy ever again. Lol
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Thats the goal… When harvest happens for you, take the BIGGEST glarlic bulbs (roughly half of your harvest) and replant them when appropriate timming for your fall. Eat the other half, just do this each year for unlimited Garlic.
My wife told me while visting farms, dont you have enough garlic yet?
Nope lol
I also recently found out that Sweet potatoes 
arnt actually potato & theh grow back yearly as long as some roots are left in the ground. They also tend to like abuse aka dont fertilize or water often. So ill be looking to get some of that this coming spring.
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Classic oxymoron. Classic.
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this is how it starts…lol
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I like to see my usage and work backward to what to plant. I definitely weigh the time constraints to the output. For example, pole beans are delicious. But, They need more time than bush beans and a tall trellis. The harvest on a complete row is still sporadic. With the improvements in bush beans , i can grow one row of Roma 2 bush beans . They have the old school flavor of a pole bean in bush form. They will ripen at one time for picking and processing. A second picking 2 weeks later and i can pull the plants , i have enough for the whole year. I really like whole frozen bush beans, they are unlike anything available. Another example is cherry tomatoes, a couple are fine for the table, but too many will require too much time harvesting. They only ripen a few at a time on each bunch, it has you spending a lot of time picking those when you get so much more from full sized tomatoes. All processed and put up at one time.
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First fruit or vegetable I picked “professionally.” I was 15. Being kind of a little, skinny kid, the worst part was hauling the full sack of beans down the row to get it weighed. It was an okay job for a kid.
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