How to Grow Garlic by: Sarah 0 Comments Posted:6/29/2023Updated:6/29/2023 Welcome to the first 2023 post of our How to Grow Chinese Vegetables Series, which is now in its second season! Today, we’re talking about how to grow garlic, which is a key ingredient in Chinese cooking (albeit not exclusively so).We’ve found garlic to be pretty expensive at the grocery store these days.If you grow it yourself, you can store it for months! While garlic is generally harvested in summer, you actually plant it in fall, though seed garlic often sells out by late summer.

So as we’re pulling our garlic out of the ground now, we can give you all the information you need to get ahead start on securing your seed garlic and planting your own crop later this year.Our harvest, pulled out of the ground today, June 29, 2023! PAST POSTS! As was the case last season, we’ll post a new crop every month of the growing season, guided by Christina Chan at Choy Division, a regenerative Asian produce farm in upstate New York.If you’re new to this series but interested in learning more, also be sure to check out last year’s posts on how to grow: Bok choy Napa cabbage Chinese eggplant Chilies Chinese garlic chives Daikon radish As well as our full Garden/Farm section of the blog! Garlic Varieties You Can Grow Garlic is part of the allium, or onion family, along with other favorite chive-y, onion-y, garlicky things like scallions, garlic chives, and sha

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