Wait.

And while you're doing that, contact your county's Extension Service office as folks there will know -- or can find out -- the growth pattern of garlic in your region.

Use this interactive map to locate your county's office:

http://npic.orst.edu/pest/countyext.htm

If you are in Ohio then your garlic should have already been up and growing. If I were you I would dig up a clove to see if it has rotted.

Rodney

Ohio State University Cooperative Extension Service is what someone from Ohio would be looking for.

I'd suspect that the rain many areas of Ohio had this winter may have caused the garlic bulbs to rot.