When to plant garlic in Oregon and Washington

Garlic goes in during fall across the Northwest. Find your city below.

Planted in fall, harvested the next summer when the lower leaves brown.

Garlic planting dates by city

City	Plant in fall
Astoria, OR	Oct 1 – Nov 15
Baker City, OR	Oct 15 – Nov 15
Bend and Redmond, OR	Oct 15 – Nov 15
Burns, OR	Oct 15 – Nov 15
Coos Bay and North Bend, OR	Oct 1 – Nov 15
Eugene, OR	Oct 1 – Nov 15
Gresham, OR	Oct 1 – Nov 15
Klamath Falls, OR	Oct 15 – Nov 15
Medford, OR	Oct 1 – Nov 15
Pendleton, OR	Oct 1 – Nov 1
Portland, OR	Oct 1 – Nov 15
Roseburg, OR	Oct 1 – Nov 15
Salem, OR	Oct 1 – Nov 15
The Dalles, OR	Oct 1 – Nov 1
Wilsonville and Canby, OR	Oct 1 – Nov 15
Aberdeen and Hoquiam, WA	Oct 1 – Nov 15
Bellingham, WA	Oct 1 – Nov 15
Ellensburg, WA	Sep 25 – Oct 31
Everett, WA	Oct 1 – Nov 15
Forks, WA	Oct 1 – Nov 15
Moses Lake, WA	Oct 1 – Nov 1
Olympia, WA	Oct 1 – Nov 15
Omak and Okanogan, WA	Sep 25 – Oct 31
Seattle and Tacoma, WA	Oct 1 – Nov 15
Spokane, WA	Sep 25 – Oct 31
Tri-Cities (Pasco, Kennewick, Richland), WA	Oct 1 – Nov 1
Vancouver, WA	Oct 1 – Nov 15
Walla Walla, WA	Oct 1 – Nov 1
Wenatchee, WA	Oct 1 – Nov 1
Yakima, WA	Oct 1 – Nov 1

Buy seed garlic from a garden center or seed company. Grocery-store garlic is often a variety that doesn't suit Northwest winters.
Loosen the soil and mix in an inch or two of compost.
Break bulbs into cloves and plant them on your city's dates, 2 inches deep, pointed end up, 6 inches apart.
Cover the bed with a few inches of straw or leaves for winter. Pull weeds in spring and stop watering in early summer when the leaves start to brown.
Harvest: Dig in early summer when the lower third of the leaves are brown. Cure in a shady, airy spot for three weeks.

Rust (orange spots on leaves) in wet springs. It's mostly cosmetic; give plants space and pull weeds.