Garlic - Elephant Garlic - 5 cloves p-pack

Grow your own garlic with Hadeco, a staple ingredient in flavouring meat and vegetables. It is medicinal too with its anti-inflammatory, antifungal, antiviral and antioxidant properties.

May repel moles and other critters.

Family name: Amaryllidaceae 

Common name: garlic

Sun Exposure: Full sun and semi-shade 

Planting time: March to April

Dormancy time: September to March

Lifting time: September to October 

Type (true bulb, rhizome, corm, etc): True bulb

Mature height: 50cm

Planting depth:Just below ground level 

Planting spacing: 8-20cm

Lowest temperature: -5°C

Watering frequency: Water every three to four days for 10 minutes, provided it hasn't rained. 

Position and soil: Plant in fertile, well-draining soil and add some compost when planting as well as using compost as a mulch.