How to Choose a Garlic Variety to Grow - Ep. 214
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How to Choose a Garlic Variety to Grow - Ep. 214

If you have intentions of growing garlic for next year, now is the time to be ordering your seed garlic. Garlic needs about six months in the ground to get to maturity so, here in the northern hemisphere, we may be planting our garlic as early as mid-September in some areas.

With the plethora of catalogs and websites and garden centers offering garlic to gardeners, how do you know what variety of garlic to choose? And should you be choosing hard neck, or soft neck, or that look-a-like Elephant garlic?

Today on Just Grow Something we’re gonna' figure it out. We’ll talk about the differences between the types of garlic, and what might make you want to choose one variety over another – whether it’s to do with flavor, storage, disease resistance, or something else entirely. Let’s dig in!

References and Resources:

Just Grow Something | creating a podcast and gardening videos | Patreon

Just Grow Something is Bonus content for supporters of the Just Grow Something Podcast! (buymeacoffee.com)

How many types of garlic are there? - Chef's Resource (chefsresource.com)

Explore Cornell - Home Gardening - Vegetable Growing Guides - Growing Guide

Garlic Variety Descriptions | The Dyer Family Organic Farm

Garlic | The Buffalo Seed Company


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If you have intentions of growing garlic for next year,

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now is the time to be ordering your seed garlic.

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Garlic needs about six months in the ground to get to maturity,

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so here in the northern hemisphere we may be planting

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our garlic as early as mid-september in some areas.

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With the plethora of catalogs and websites and garden centers

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offering garlic to gardeners, how do you know what variety of

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garlic to choose? And should you be choosing hard

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neck or soft neck or that look alike?

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Elephant garlic. Today on Just Grow Something,

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we're going to figure it out. We'll talk about the differences

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between the types of garlic and what might make you want to

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choose one variety over another, whether it's to do with flavor

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or storage, disease resistance, or something else entirely.

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Let's dig in. Hey, I'm Karen, I started

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each and everyone of you. So let's talk garlic.

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There are over 600 different varieties of garlic in the

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world. So if you've felt a little

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overwhelmed looking at the choices, you have a very good

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reason to feel that way. Let's talk about the differences

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in the types so that you can narrow your choices down a

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little bit. And the first thing that we

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would be concerned with when choosing a type would be climate

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suitability. So the two main different types

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of garlic are hard neck and soft neck, right?

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So the most obvious difference between hard neck and soft neck

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garlic is the way they look and the way they sort of grow.

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Hard neck garlic has that long flowering stem growing through

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the center of the bulb and this is what we call the scape.

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Now generally we remove the scape from the bulb because we

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want to force energy into the bulb growth rather than allowing

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it to flour. These scapes are edible.

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We use them just like a chive or a green onion, but one that has

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a really strong garlicky kick. Garlicscape pesto is like one of

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my favorite spring treats. But if you were to leave that

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scape intact, it will produce a flower that is an humble, so

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it's a terminal pot at the very end of that scape, and that

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actually produces little bulbules.

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So those bulbules can actually be removed from the scape when

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they're mature, and then they're planted in the same way as we do

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cloves. But the difference is that those

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would actually need at least two seasons worth of growth, usually

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3, before they actually produce a differentiated bulb like what

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we're used to in regular garlic. Now.

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The other marked difference in hard neck garlic is the actual

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bulb itself that surrounds the scape.

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It is actually only in hard neck.

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It's one single layer of pretty consistently shaped cloves, so

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that the number of cloves actually depends on the variety

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that you're growing the cultivar, but it tends to be

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between 4:00 and 12:00. Soft neck varieties, on the

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other hand, have a much higher number of cloves, which means

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they have a larger bulb and these are the types that you

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usually see in the grocery store.

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So soft neck varieties usually produce between 10 and 20 cloves

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per per bulb, sometimes even more than that.

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And if you look at them side by side with the hard neck, the

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soft neck are more irregular in shape.

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And that is because where the hard neck variety grows just one

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layer around the center, a soft neck actually has two or more

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concentric layers of those cloves, each individually

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wrapped in their own little skin.

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So it means that they kind of look a little bit more wonky or

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or less uniform in shape compared to the hard neck.

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Now the fact that they grow more cloves is likely a reproductive

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compensation because soft necks do not usually produce escape

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like the hard necks, so they're not going to flower and produce

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those little bulbules. So if there's less chance of

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them flowering, then that means they need to produce more

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clothes. That's just an evolutionary

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trait, honestly. Generally speaking, hard neck

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varieties tend to grow better in areas with more severe winters.

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So this is where we start to make our decisions based on

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climate suitability, right? Hard neck garlic requires a

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greater period of vernalization so that that prolonged period of

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cooler weather than soft neck varieties do so.

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And then the opposite of that, soft necks tend to perform

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better in areas where the winters are more mild.

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So where I am, which is now zone 6 BI can grow both hard neck and

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soft neck. And I usually do grow both

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because sometimes we have really brutal winters and so the hard

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neck does way better. But then some years we have

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really, really mild winters and my soft neck will totally

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outperform my hard neck. So I just grow both to make sure

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that I'm kind of getting the best of both worlds.

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And, and where I am, that's absolutely possible.

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If you are in zones, usually we say USDA zones 3 through 7, you

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are better suited for hard neck garlic, right?

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So that's that's going to be sort of your go to and then if

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you're kind of on the border there, you know, six and seven,

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you can absolutely also grow soft neck alongside that.

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And just depending on how your winter goes, see which one does

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better. If you are in the milder

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climates, that's USDA zones like 8 through 11 soft necks are

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going to tend to do better for you.

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They're better in those warmer regions.

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Again, if you're on the border, like if you're in zone 8, you

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might try a hard neck. You just might have to do sort

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of a forced fertilization at that point, meaning that you

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would want to store your hard neck garlic in the refrigerator

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for a little bit before you plant it and plant it much later

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in the year so that it's closer to that colder time of the year.

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But definitely if your zones 8 through 11 soft neck is going to

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be the one that you prefer. Now there is 1/3 garlic and I'm

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doing air bunnies there and that is elephant garlic.

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It is not a true garlic. It is very closely related.

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It's a cousin to the leek actually.

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So it does produce really large bulbs, but those bulbs are

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definitely more mild. So it's more of an oniony flavor

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with a hint of garlic rather than being, you know, garlicky

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with with a softer finish. So if you are somebody who

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prefers a less intense garlic flavor, then elephant garlic

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might be the one that you choose.

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So besides climate, why would we want to choose one type over the

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other? So hard neck garlic cultivars

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tend to have a much more complex flavor profile than the soft

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neck ones. They are richer, they're

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spicier, they are just more garlicky.

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The hard neck garlics also tend to have larger individual clove

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size. So if we think about the way

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they grow, those hard neck cultivars just have the one

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concentric ring around the center of that scape, and they

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are all fairly uniform. There's fewer of them, but they

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are larger. They also have a thicker skin

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which makes them easier to peel. Soft neck varieties, on the

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other hand, tend to taste a little bit more mild.

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Although I have had some really good soft neck varieties and

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they are really good, just kind of drizzled with olive oil and

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roasted on the grill. Or they're really good for like

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roasting in the oven. You just take the entire thing

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and cut the top off and throw it in the oven and dry it or roast

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it that way. Soft neck are also really good

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for drying into garlic powder and they are the most often used

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varieties for processed garlic products.

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So if you're eating something from the store, 9 times out of

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10 it's going to be a soft neck variety.

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The cloves of the soft neck types are a little bit more

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difficult to peel because A, they've got that more irregular

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shape and B, the skins around them are super, super tight and

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very, very thin. So they're difficult to get

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apart. But this gives them an advantage

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in storage, so we'll talk about that here in a minute.

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So different garlic varieties offer distinct flavors from mild

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and sweet to very hot and very pungent.

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Your hard neck varieties tend to have that more robust, often

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spicy flavor. The soft neck varieties are

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usually more mild and some of them actually have a nice sweet

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little after taste, which incidentally is what my magic

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mind shots also have. They have a nice sweet after

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taste. I mean if you think about it,

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look, not only does that little green shot give me sustained

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energy throughout my day, but it's doing it by using all

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natural science backed ingredients.

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But some of those ingredients usually have a very strong

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flavor. You're talking lion's mane and

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Cordyceps, which are mushrooms and chlorophyllin, very green

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ashwagandha, all kinds of anti inflammatories like turmeric,

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which also has a really good strong flavor to it.

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And I love all of these things and all the mix of them for my

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endurance sports, but also for working out on the farm.

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The thing is that they have added just a hint of organic

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agave to sweeten it up just enough that it doesn't taste

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like green plants and mushrooms and turmeric, which means you're

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not forcing yourself to take it. It's an enjoyable experience.

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So you're much more likely to take it alongside your morning

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coffee or your tea. And that makes it a really good

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habit to start your day with. And if I sound energized, that

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is because I had my Magic mind right alongside my second cup of

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coffee this morning. So you can get this sort of

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Just grow Something 20 now I store my magic mind bottles in

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our drink fridge in our kitchen. And you need to know how long

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you want to store your garlic for because that is the next

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consideration for which variety you want to choose and that is

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your storage needs. So soft neck garlic typically

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stores for about 6 to 12 months. So a year.

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You can hold on to this after harvest once you have cured it.

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And that is because those skins are so thin, but they are so

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tight around the soft neck garlic cloves.

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Your hard neck garlic generally only stores for about 3 to six

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months and you will know that something has gone wrong or

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you've been storing them for too long.

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Because the hard neck garlic varieties, I have stored them

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and I have tended to sometimes store them a little bit longer

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than I was supposed to. And I kind of saw that they were

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sitting there and they looked just fine, so I just left them.

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When I got back to them finally, and it was probably a good six

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or eight months later, I went to go and grab them and I realized

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that they had basically just sort of disintegrated to dust

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within their little paper shells.

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So it looked like a solid head of garlic, but there was

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literally nothing in there. Like you squished it and it was

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like poof, nothing was there. I have not had that problem with

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the soft neck garlic. The other thing too, is that

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soft neck garlic is the one that you can braid so hard neck

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doesn't, you know, because it has that hardscape in there.

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First of all, it doesn't tend to braid as easily, even if you're

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cutting that scape completely off.

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And the softneck does this beautifully.

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And so this is one way that you can store them.

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You can actually just weave a braid together and hang them up

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and let them store and then just clip them to use them

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periodically. But if you're looking to

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dehydrate garlic and turn it into a powder, or if you want to

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just dice it up, one of the things that I will technically

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do is if I will dice it up in my food processor and then I will

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add it to a jar, a Mason jar, and then cover it with olive oil

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and stick it in the back of my fridge.

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And that way anytime I need basically one clove of garlic, I

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just take a half a teaspoon of that mixture and toss it into

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whatever it is that I'm using. You can dehydrate them and you

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can grind them and all that kinds of thing.

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At that point, which one you choose is entirely up to you.

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Like I said, the soft neck is a little bit milder.

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And if you're used to like store bought garlic powder, the soft

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neck is what you're probably going to use.

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The hard neck is more pungent and it that comes through

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definitely when you are processing it.

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So if you want that stronger kick and you want the kind of

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higher oil content, then go for the hard neck garlic.

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Or again, if it's possible in your area, do both and then you

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can decide from there. And then another reason that you

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might choose one variety or another would be for disease

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resistance. So if you have had problems in

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the past with anything in your your garden that is concerned

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with white rot or Fuserium wilt or any kind of like root rot

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nematodes, there are garlic varieties that have been bred to

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be resistant to those types of things that are common in

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garlic. So check with your local

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Extension Service for recommendations on disease

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resistant varieties that are going to be suitable to your

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region. You can also check with your

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Extension Service to see if there are just varieties in

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general that they recommend for your area.

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I know when I first started growing, I went to the

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University of Missouri website, the Extension Service website

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and the growing guide there listed very specific varieties

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that did well in this area. Now I've checked on that thing

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again, that planting guide here recently and they haven't

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changed it. So it's still those kind of

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older varieties. It doesn't seem like they have

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updated it with any of the newer kind of hybrids that have come

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out. So you, you might be, you know,

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in better luck than I am depending on where you're

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growing, you're gardening. But always check with your

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Extension Service because they do continually sort of put out

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that information and that will help you to figure out what does

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really well in your area. The other thing too, don't

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forget, is to opt for varieties that are readily available in

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your region because they are likely to be better adapted to

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your local conditions. So check with the local farmers

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markets. If you have people at the

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farmers market who grow garlic to sell, find out whether or not

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they're selling seed garlic, which means that they have cured

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it and it's ready to be put into storage or it's ready to be

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planted in the fall and you will be able to plant from those.

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Now the only caveat to that is if it's not certified seed

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garlic, you are not guaranteed that it is free of any type of a

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disease. So get to know your grower is

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all I'm saying and make sure that you understand what they're

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growing practices are and you can get the straight scoop from

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them as to whether or not they have seen any diseases in their

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garlic crop before you rely on them food to get your seed

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garlic. We have grown it in the past and

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just sold it as regular garlic, edible garlic, but I have known

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customers who have purchased them from us specifically to

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plant and since we've never had any diseases in our garlic,

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we've never had a problem with that.

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We have also purchased seed garlic from other local growers

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when we haven't had a great crop or I want to try a new variety

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and I haven't had any problems either, but that's not a

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guarantee. So just make sure you know who

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you are growing from or look for seed companies that specialize

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in bioregionally adapted seeds for your area.

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For us, that's the Buffalo Seed Company over on the Kansas side.

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They have done a great job of growing varieties that came from

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a climate that was very similar to ours and they have grown them

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for several years over and over again and collected the seeds

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from the best and continue to plant those.

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And so everything that I have gotten from them has done

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really, really well. And they do carry garlic.

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So I again this year, the final thing to think about too is your

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planting and harvesting time. Remember that hard neck garlic

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needs a longer growing period because it requires that cold

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exposure. You have to have that

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vernalization in order for them to to form those differentiated

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bulbs. Now, typically garlic is planted

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in the fall and harvested the following summer.

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The soft neck varieties don't tend to need as long and they do

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not need that period of vernalization.

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So if you're getting going late and maybe you're not hearing

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this episode until the spring, or you hadn't really planned on

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garlic and you haven't gotten any, you can sometimes plant the

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soft neck varieties in spring in the milder climates and be able

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to get a crop out of them. Your bulbs won't be quite as

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big, but that's OK. You're still getting garlic,

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right? But fall planting is generally

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recommended. The soft neck varieties just

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don't tend to take as long to get to maturity.

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So you know you're planting and your harvesting time would be

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one final consideration as to which garlic variety you choose.

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So what are some go to garlic varieties?

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I said there are over 600 of them, but there are definitely

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some favorites or someones that are more popular or more

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available than others, especially if you were just

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getting started in growing growing garlic.

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In terms of hard neck garlic chestnut red, this is a purple

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striped variety of hard neck. It is actually originated from

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like the southern region of the country of Georgia.

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It's got very rich sweet tones when they are roasted or

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sauteed. Mild heat, but a nice garlicky

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flavor. Another one is German extra

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Hardy. This one is a really good cold

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Hardy hard neck porcelain variety.

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Fairly large heads for hard neck garlic.

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Usually 5 to 8 cloves that are really good sized.

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A little bit of a hint of purple to the coloring.

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Sort of a very classic garlic flavor.

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And then music is another very popular selection that has come

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around here in the last, I don't know, 5 or 10 years.

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It actually was derived from the German extra Hardy.

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It has much larger cloves, like nice big jumbo cloves, really

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good long storage potential and also very, very good for really

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cold climates. So the skins are thick, they are

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tightly wrapped. They do fantastically well if

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you are gardening in a really, really cold climate.

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In terms of soft neck in Chilium red, that's kind of the gold

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standard, I guess. Very strong producer, mild to

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medium pungency, right, but really good flavor.

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That one was actually a national soft neck garlic taste test

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winner, winner, sorry, and has really good storage potential

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like 8 months to a year. So that probably would be the

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top choice. And then you've also got

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Sicilian, which it kind of has a wide flavor range.

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It's like really rich and musky, sometimes downright spicy.

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So if you like a really good garlic kick, but you need to

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grow a soft neck variety, then Sicilian might be your choice.

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There are so many varieties of garlic because there are also

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subtypes of garlic, so it's not just hard neck and soft neck.

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The hard neck and soft neck are then broken down into artichoke

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type, Creole, silver skin, Rochem bowl, porcelain, purple

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stripe. They all have different

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characteristics and different flavors and different storage

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life. So I absolutely encourage you to

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try multiple varieties and just try to understand what it is

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that you are buying. If you can, look online for

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descriptions of the varieties that you're considering to see

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if they're a hard neck or a soft neck, what their storage life

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is, what their flavor profile is, etcetera.

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Before you make a purchase, you'll have a better idea of

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what to expect when you harvest. And then of course, just like

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anything else, the flavor profile and the way it grows is

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also going to depend on your soil composition and what's

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going on in your individual garden.

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Just be sure, especially if you are planting multiple varieties

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at once, that you label your crop really, really well.

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I have a variety of garlic that I have been planting over and

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over again for several years, but I cannot tell you anything

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about it because my garlic's got all mixed up one year in the

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field and I have just been saving the biggest bulbs to

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replant every season. I know it's a hard neck variety

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and it's a purple stripe type, but that's all I can tell you

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other than it's got a good flavor and that produces well

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for me. So Needless to say, I am now

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really good about labeling my garlic.

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Until next time, my garlic friends, my garlic friends,

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absolutely. You are my garlic friends.

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You are also my gardening friends.

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So keep on cultivating that dream garden and we'll talk

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again soon. For more information about

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