Growing in Charleville

Best time to plant garlic in Charleville

Allium sativum

Sow garlic in Charleville in Mar to Jun.

Prized for a pungent smell and flavour that come from sulfur compounds, garlic is a bulbous perennial used as a seasoning for thousands of years. It shares a genus with onion, shallot, leek and chives, and hundreds of varieties exist across its two subspecies.

When to sow in Charleville

Charleville, QLD is in the arid zone. Its months for garlic apply here without a frost adjustment.

Not yet checked against a local guide.

Your local conditions can shift any months shown here, so treat them as a guide.

Frost in Charleville

Frost usually arrives in Charleville around late May and finishes by late August. In about 1 year in 10 it comes as early as late April or as late as mid September, so frost-tender crops are planned around those dates.

From its Bureau of Meteorology station, 1991 to 2020, counting a night at 2°C or lower as a frost. Frost hollows and hillsides can shift these dates by weeks, so ask the growers at your garden too.

On a shared plot: suits a plot

Finishes in a season and stays within its space, so it suits most plots.

Growing details

How to start
Sow directly in the bed
Sowing depth
3cm
Plant spacing
10cm
Row spacing
10cm
Height
40cm
Time to harvest
270 days
Frost
Hardy, takes a light frost
Sun
Full sun
Life cycle
perennial, usually grown as an annual

These are typical figures, and varieties differ. Your seed packet takes priority.

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