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Garlic (Thoum)
ثوم
Plant cloves in October, ignore them all winter, dig heads in April.
💧 Summer water
Every 3 days
💧 Winter water
Every 3 days
☀️ Sunlight
Full sun
🔥 Heat
Mild heat OK
🌱 Difficulty
Easy
⏱️ To harvest
150–180 days
🪴 Containers
Yes, grows in pots
📅 Best sowing
Oct, Nov
Planting calendar (UAE)
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec
💧 Watering
Every 3 days; stop 2 weeks before harvest when the lower leaves brown.
☀️ Sunlight
Full sun.
🪨 Soil & setup
15 cm deep minimum; plant individual cloves pointy-end up, 10 cm apart.
🧺 Harvest
April–May, when half the leaves have browned. Cure in airy shade for 2 weeks.
🧓 Grandmother's notes
- ◆Softneck supermarket garlic usually grows fine here — choose the fattest cloves from the outside of the head.
- ◆Snip the green shoots sparingly all winter as a bonus herb.