I'm kind of intrigued by the fact that I've never heard of soaking the cloves so I've been searching and reading articles on the 'net -- and in the process discovered that I've been planting my garlic much too close together! I've been planting my cloves around 3-4 inches apart in the rows, and it seems that anywhere from about 6-8 inches (or even more) is recommended. Well, duh ! Maybe that's why my bulbs haven't been getting as large as I thought they should...
Here's a link to a very informative article from some commercial growers in Wisconsin --
http://www.wegrowgarlic.com/12...
In the article they note that they've been soaking all of their garlic prior to planting but are considering just doing any they suspect of having some type of problem, because they feel the garlic that hasn't been soaked produces larger bulbs for them.
I'm going to plant part of my garlic today -- at about 6" apart!
