17th generation of garlic I got while on my honeymoon in Tuscany. El Ajo Del Amor is what I call it.

This happened to a bunch while separating cloves. Is there any issue planting cloves like the one on the right? It left part of its little scabby bottom behind with the stem.

Would these be worth planting in the fall? Or better of planting grower cloves?

I'm in zone 8b and it is time to plant.... but we're trying to find a different house to buy. I've got several varieties in my fridge right now. Should I leave them there? Plant in grow bags?

I'm hesitant to put them in the ground at the house I'm in currently as it is likely to become a rental before harvest.

Thanks for any insight!

I used to own and run a garlic farm, so I am quite experienced with Garlic.

In late August (Australia) I found some leftover garlic cloves in the shed, they were meant to be planted back in February but some of them got hidden under some other stuff.

Being far too late to plant out in the garden, I thought I would try an experiment with the integrated aqua-vegeculture system I have running.

So, despite it being 6 months too late, I planted out 79 cloves.

Last week, being that it is November, the weather turned extremely hot and the garlic is struggling so I decided it was time to pull it all out.

Surprisingly, the cloves turned out pretty good - especially given the short growing season and the warm weather through most of their growth.

I usually dry them a bit before weighing them so I do not know the weight, but we pulled out 75 garlic. 4 got left in because the garlic was too close to some other plants and I did not want to disturb the roots.

Given that my goal is to become self-sufficient, I am pretty happy with the results because I could, technically, 'stretch' these garlic out and have enough for the whole year.

This short experiment makes me wonder how well they would do in a full growing cycle!

I came here to share the video but I see youtube links are no longer allowed?!?

Had to take a couple of screenshots instead;

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update; Found one more plant today so that would take it to 800 grams :)

Any thoughts? Questions?

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Had some monster music come out of the garden this year. The most important ingredient to our broccoli salad tonight. Zone 4a, home saved seed.

Hello garlic lovers, I have decided after much deliberation that the only way I can ever truly satisfy my need for garlic is to make an entire meal of whole roasted cloves of garlic. I would like the garlic to fill an entire bowl. I may or may not pair this with some roast potatoes and onions, but the main ingredient of this dinner must be garlic. Most sources I have found report this to be safe, but mention that garlic smell goes through your sweat. I share a bed with my partner and would like to avoid having to sleep on the couch due to my garlic smell after this, so any tips would be greatly appreciated. Does roasting do anything to counteract these effects? Has anyone here done this before?

How do you take the taste? What’s the best way to take it?

I manage a small farm and inherited a bunch of tiny cloves from the previous farmer. I was thinking of peeling them and doing some kind of value added product, but that’s a lot of labor. So I was thinking I could plant a good amount of them in bunches in a raised bed and try to sell them in the spring as a bunching onion alternative. Does anyone have any experience with them?

Can I grow regular garlic bulbs, if I plant random garlic from the shop.

Anyone have tips on spotting good quality garlic from bad? Sometime I get garlic that looks nice on the outside but is kind of dry inside.

Planted about 140+ half of Chesnok red and the other half music in these beds! I'm a little late for zone 5b but hopefully it'll still be soon enough for roots

Sometimes I get a 3 or 4 clove bulb but most are 2 clove bulbs. Most cloves are over an ounce.

I put too much nitrogen on my garlic and have left them in the ground as long as I could. However they are just rounds and did not form cloves. Will these store after drying like regular garlic would? Also can I just keep them in the ground until next year ? Thanks in advance garlic growers

I planted around 80 bulbs of garlic in a 4 x8 raised bed. My garlic was purchased from an organic farm that sells a variety of bulbs. I planted these in accordance with their instruction (soak in Isopropyl Alcohol followed by a fertilizer soak). I planted these the end of the first week of October (I live in Montana) and have only watered them twice. I was curious how things were going and last week I uncovered a bulb and it looked great! Curiosity got the best of me agin this week and when I looked, there was white and blue blobs on the garlic and it seemed to be in about 40% of the bed. I checked 3 more bulbs and they had specks on them; one had a lovely root system developing the other two had very smalls roots, maybe 1/2".

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What is this and can I save my garlic? If so, how?! What do I do?

I am in Upstate NY near Lake George. Typically we are zone 5a, but I think we are leaning towards zone 6. Our first frost was last week but it’s been in the 70s the last couple of days. I was thinking about planting in the next couple of weeks. Last year I had 1” sprouts up during a December warm streak. Any thoughts?

Really, I eat a clove or two a day. Started when I got pregnant with my now 4 year old, just kept up the habit. But I then got lymes disease and when I say the benefits outweigh the negative comments I get about my smell, I mean it. Here's a photo of some organic garlic we grew at the farm I worked at!

I had this head in the fridge for a while and as you can see some of the cloves broke down into what I can only describe as garlic candy. It’s soft and somewhat gummy and tastes sweet and almost like it’s been roasted but it’s completely raw. It’s awesome and I’d love to duplicate it. The other normal looking cloves were in the exact same head. Anyone have experience with this and how to make it?

I'm looking for a bit of advice if anyone is willing. Looking to get outa the rat race and I think i would enjoy farming garlic and other herbs. Ive been pretty successful with garlic in my garden beds for the last 8 years or so. I dont have any land, but I have the means to aquire some. I know how to grow garlic, but I dont know anything about farming large scale.

How much acreage would you ideally want if this was a fulltime deal? Are there machines you'd like to use for planting if it was a very large plot? Do you sell your crop to brokers/wholesalers or do hit farmers markets and/or sell online? Do you make a lot of garlic products to increase sales? Whats the best way to determine how much garlic to save for seed? How often would i need to rotate plantings to prevent disease? How hard is it to be certified organic? I currently reside near dallas(8a), but im willing to pick up and move elsewhere. Am i out of my league in this possible venture?

Any insight is appreciated. Thanks for reading!

I had a baby and couldn’t harvest my garlic on time. This is my first year. My garlic is soooo far past IMO, what do I do!? Zone 6, planted in October.