Dormant garlic question

[T]

Hi All,

When garlic goes "dormant" in the early spring, how long does it stay dormant? Is it waiting for fall and the weather to cool down?

And should I water my dormant garlic?

Many thanks,

-T

[songbird]

eventually it will regrow until it gets too cold outside. varies as to exactly when. the garlic i grow here will resprout in August or September.

no, let it rest for a few months. it probably won't really like the heat anyways.

songbird

[T]

Well, I got this garlic from Trader Joe's three weeks ago of Argentine origin. Planted the big ones. Nothing on Wednesday. But Friday, a bunch of 1" to 4" sprouts. They seems to like the heat so far. I figure if they die, I just buy some more. I do hope TJ's still have them in the fall and has not switched back to the bland American ones. All the varieties I have planted do not like the heat.

I wonder if since these came from Argentina, if they have summer and winter backwards. Hmmmmmm...

[Drew Lawson]

That is entirely possible. About 10 years ago, I got some mail-order iris to expand my color selection. I have no idea where they had been grown, but for the first two years the silly plants tried to bloom in February (In Ohio).