Steve Calvin wrote:
> Katra wrote:
>
>> In article >,
>> "Bob" > wrote:
>>
>>
>>> Katra wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> How does it compare to Elephant garlic?
>>>> I've noted that stuff to be nice and mild.
>>>> Good flavor but not as "potent".
>>>>
>>>> Too bad it's so expensive!!!
>>>
>>>
>>> Elephant garlic is actually a different species of plant than "real"
>>> garlic. I'm not sure if it's got the same health benefits attributed
>>> to garlic, but it's pleasant in its own right.
>>>
>>> Bob
>>>
>>
>>
>> Any hints on how to grow it?
>
>
> It's very easy Kat. Here's a link that's pretty decent:
> http://www.naturalhub.com/grow_veget...ype_garlic.htm
>
> I have another one somewhere if I could just locate it. Basically, plant
> it (individual "toes" not the whole head) with the root end down. I put
> mine down about 3-4 inches deep. The only other thing is in the spring
> when they start to wanna flower a thin round shoot (called a scape) will
> begin to sprout with a thin "bulb" at the tip. It'll then start to curl
> around like it's trying to grow back on itself. This need to be broken
> off below the bulb early. That way the plant thinks that it's not ready
> to flower yet and puts it's energy into bulb (the one in the ground)
> development. When the leaves look almost dead pull 'em out. I hang mine
> in a cool dry place for a week or so and then clean them up and into
> cool, dry, dark storage.
>
>
I'll answer your question on soil and sun here so it's in one spot.

Mine gets planted in good very loose soil. Each year I 'till in some
additional dried and composted cow crap. (It really doesn't stink, you
can smell if you get close for a few days but that's about it).
Where I have my garden, it gets direct sun from sunrise until around 4
o'clock or so.

I'll be darned if I can find that other link that I had... I'll look
more when I have some time.

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