Household planning
How many garlic plants?
A normal fresh-eating goal with the catalog loss buffer. Preservation needs and appetite can raise the count.
1 adult6–87 typical plants
2 adults12–1613 typical plants
4 adults23–3225 typical plants
Season timing
When does it go in?
Typical first action26 weeks before last frost
Maturity range240–300 days
Harvest window7–21 days
Latest planting buffer300 days before fall frost
Dates are frost-relative planning windows. Soil temperature, current weather, plant condition, and cultivar instructions can move them.
Calculate dates from my frost date →Space and harvest
What does one plant ask for?
In-row spacing4–8 in
Between rows8–18 in
Yield range0.7–1 count
Yield confidencehigh
Yield ranges assume a surviving plant and still vary with cultivar, soil, sun, weather, pests, watering, and harvest habits.
Container fit
A container can work.
0.5minimum gallons per plant
0.75recommended gallons per plant
8″minimum useful depth