The problem is that a lot of this stuff is supposed to apply along the entire east coast of Australia which seems illogical when Hobart gets snow, Melbourne is wet and soggy, Canberra gets frost, Sydney is merely 'cold', and a Townsville winter looks like a Hobart summer!
Even going by a 'cool temperate/warm temperate/tropical' doesn't always help - regional variations can affect frost, how much frost you get, even the rainfall! My suburb gets a touch of frost, but not so much that under the ground freezes.
I found a video that detailed how this guy from the US (who gets snow/frost) in his area grows garlic - it was actually about how to get large garlic heads - and took down his notes. I'm going to try to adjust them for an Australian setting.
Growing Garlic (large heads)
- sprinkle of worm castings
- large cloves into hole
- cover in mulch over winter
- remove in spring
- feed superfood in spring
- compost mulch
My modifications are:
1. planted in May
2. sprinkle of worm castings under clove
3. leaf mulch over winter, pull back a bit once the green bits show
4. feed in spring? (NOTE: what's superfood - NPK? Have super-K in a bag somewhere, might as well use it)
5. compost mulch in spring
I've just realised I'll have a vegepod available during this time, and that might be a good place to do the growing experiment from.
This is going to be rather specific, and it could get kinda interesting to see if I can do this successfully, growing the garlic to a decent size over the winter.
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