From: songbird@anthive.com   
      
   Frank wrote:   
      
   > My wife planted garlic in pots on the deck in early spring and got some   
   > nice cloves of garlic.   
   >   
   > Now for some reason she planted more about a month or so ago.  It is up   
   > and growing but freeze is expected this week.   
   >   
   > Can she just let it be and will it return next year and be OK?   
      
     it really depends upon what kind of garlic it is and how   
   cold hardy it might be.   
      
     here i grow some hardneck garlic which can freeze and it   
   will be ok.  i don't even mulch it.  i probably would not   
   want to grow it in a pot, but otherwise it has been reliable   
   every season i've grown it for about 15yrs.  some years i've   
   planted it the day before the ground has frozen and other   
   times it gets planted earlier (this year i got it planted   
   last week).  it will grow as long as there is enough light   
   and it is warm enough, then after that if there is enough   
   snow cover it will stay green under the snow, but even if   
   there isn't any snow cover and it freezes back to the surface   
   it will recover once it warms up and then it grows until it   
   finishes.   
      
      
     songbird   
      
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