I always thought that the dry skin would rot! I feel like everytime I plant garlic they rot underground, even if I only water once every 3 or so days.
Not sure what's happenig there maybe it's because you may peel it too much. Here's the bed i planted 10 days ago with the same method and got 100% success so far out of 50 garlic only 4 haven't sprouted yet but I'm sure they're on the way..I always thought that the dry skin would rot! I feel like everytime I plant garlic they rot underground, even if I only water once every 3 or so days.