Hard-neck garlic Rocambole Elephant garlic When to plant garlic The best time to plant garlic in the home garden depends on your climate and the type of garlic you’re planting, but in general, garlic is best planted in the fall or early spring. Fall planting is typically preferred, as it...
Before you choose a variety of garlic, you need to consider your climate, which determines whether you plant a hardneck or softneck variety. Then you need to consider your cooking because different varieties have different taste profiles, from mild to sweet to bold to spicy! Hardneck Garlic H...
One of the first crops to emerge in spring, garlic thrives in well-draining, fertile soil with a loamy texture, and requires full sun to produce the biggest bulbs. Vernalization Hardneck varieties require a period of vernalization (winter cold exposure) before or after sowing. The ideal conditi...
In general, 1 pound of seed garlic can plant a 15- to 30-foot row. This will vary based on the type of garlic used and the amount of space between cloves. Most softneck garlic varieties have 65 to 70 cloves per pound, while hardneck varieties have 40 to 75 cloves per pound. (You...
It's an easy crop to grow, spouting from a garlic bulb separated into cloves, which you plant individually. Certified, disease-free garlic bulbs are sold at garden centres or online. There are two types of garlic to grow: softneck garlic and hardneck garlic. Softneck varietiesSoftneck is ...
Hardneck garlic gets is name from the very firm stalk that protrudes from the top of the bulb. The hardneck varieties of garlic produce many tiny cloves, all practically identical to the parent clove. The four main types of hardneck garlic on the market are rocambole, porcelain, elephant, ...
Hardneck varieties of garlic will send up stalks, also known as scape, from the centre of the plant. Since most garlic is grown for its bulbs, the scape can be removed to increase bulb size by 20%. ‘Cutting off the scape will send all the energy to the bulb, increasing the bulb ...
The entire plant is edible, as green garlic has tender leaves and an undivided bulb with no paper wrapper. Why you should cut the scapes Garlic scapes will stunt the growth of hardneck garlic bulbs by redirecting energy into the production of seeds (bulbils), so they’re best removed when...
They don’t generally form a scape (garlic scapes consist of the tender stem and flower bud of the hardneck garlic plant, which can be harvested and cooked on their own!) The stems stay soft after harvesting, so if you’ve ever seen dried garlic braided together for storage, that was ...
Learn how to plant garlic in pots, containers and raised beds, hardneck vs softneck garlic, why the best time to plant garlic is in the fall.