{"id":956,"date":"2025-11-18T11:54:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-18T10:54:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/ali\/?p=956"},"modified":"2025-11-18T12:56:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-18T11:56:13","slug":"planting-garlic-now-simple-effective-and-a-top-companion-plant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/ali\/planting-garlic-now-simple-effective-and-a-top-companion-plant\/","title":{"rendered":"Planting garlic now \u2014 simple, effective and a top companion plant"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"650\" height=\"434\" src=\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/ali\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/164\/2025\/11\/planting-garlic-cloves.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-996\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/ali\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/164\/2025\/11\/planting-garlic-cloves.jpg 650w, https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/ali\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/164\/2025\/11\/planting-garlic-cloves-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/ali\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/164\/2025\/11\/planting-garlic-cloves-520x347.jpg 520w, https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/ali\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/164\/2025\/11\/planting-garlic-cloves-320x214.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 650px) 100vw, 650px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Planting garlic cloves<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Winter (or late autumn) garlic planting is quick and a high-value garden job \u2014 plus garlic makes a great companion plant around borders and veg beds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Practical tips for growing Garlic <\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Buy Bulbs\/cloves garlic<\/strong> (healthy bulbs) and separate into large cloves. Plant <strong>pointy end up<\/strong>, 4\u20135 cm deep and about 10\u201315 cm apart. Mulch after planting to protect over winter. GardenAdvice has a full winter garlic guide if you\u2019d like detailed steps: <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/juliaandbrian\/how-to-grow-garlic-from-bulbs-a-winter-planting-guide\/\">https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/juliaandbrian\/how-to-grow-garlic-from-bulbs-a-winter-planting-guide\/<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Companion advantage:<\/strong> Garlic repels many pests (aphids and soft-bodied insects). Planting garlic in strips or scattered through beds \u2014 especially near roses, brassicas and fruit trees \u2014 helps reduce pest pressure. GardenAdvice highlights garlic interplanting as an effective companion strategy for pest reduction.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Timing &amp; storage:<\/strong> Plant now if soil isn\u2019t waterlogged. Keep a note of varieties and beds for harvesting next summer <a href=\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/blog\/how-to-grow-garlic-a-complete-guide\/\">https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/blog\/how-to-grow-garlic-a-complete-guide\/<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Planting garlic cloves Winter (or late autumn) garlic planting is quick and a high-value garden job \u2014 plus garlic makes a great companion plant around borders and veg beds. Practical tips for growing Garlic<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":996,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-956","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gardening-notes"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Planting garlic now \u2014 simple, effective and a top companion plant - Ali&#039;s Garden<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gardenadvice.co.uk\/ali\/planting-garlic-now-simple-effective-and-a-top-companion-plant\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Planting garlic now \u2014 simple, effective and a top companion plant - Ali&#039;s Garden\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Planting garlic cloves Winter (or late autumn) garlic planting is quick and a high-value garden job \u2014 plus garlic makes a great companion plant around borders and veg beds. 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