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Vegetable species of the onion genus, Allium.

Garlic (Allium sativum) is a vegetable in the onion genus, Allium, closely related to the onion, shallot, leek and chive.

Native to the Central Asia region, it features a lot in Mediterranean diets.

In addition to its culinary uses, garlic has also been found useful in medicinal applications.

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Photo: Garlic, Farmers Market by See-ming Lee 李思明 SML, Flickr

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Can you overwinter garlic in a basement?

Back in the fall I planted garlic for the first time. Unfortunately, we had a mild winter (or, anyway, it got cold late and didn't stay cold consistently), and the garlic sprouted too early and then died. If I can look forward to more of the same in…
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Elephant garlic Allium ampeloprasum struggling, difficiencies?

I noticed that these Allium ampeloprasum started a couple months ago, are struggling and showing some deficiencies that I can't pinpoint. My soil is sandy and poor, with pH slightly over 8. I gave it plenty of NPK, but I have a doubt that it's…
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Zone 4 - Can you overwinter garlic too early?

I live in Zone 4 (Minneapolis area) and I'm wondering if it's possible to plant garlic too early for overwintering? I had a bed free up earlier then expected that I'd like to turn and mulch but I don't know if it's possible to overwinter too early…
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Intercropping garlic with white mustard and carrots

The word around local farmers is to grow white mustard in the soil you plan to grow garlic next year. Presumably, it reduce the amount of white rot (Sclerotium cepivorum). Does it make sense to intercrop garlic with white mustard? I am thinking of…
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My garlic tops were dying off, butI have tiny garlic to sho for it what did I do wrong?

I put garlic between the hostas, and lilies my mom grows, and the leaves died back, what did I do wrong?
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How does fall planted garlic cope with snow, and freezing temperatures?

Last fall I planted garlic, and it has a few leaves sticking out of the ground now. How will this effect the leaves?
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Will refrigerator freezing garlic in the pot for a few hours create the necessary cold time required?

My garlic heads that were dying already didn't turn out too well, and my elephant garlic isn't turning out yet, should I throw the pots in the freezer for a few hours in order to simulate to the garlic it's time to grow?
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