Elephant Garlic bulbs will receive 3 cloves per order as it’s usually split when packed for shipping from our growers. This arrives by the end of September and we will ship all orders with elephants at this time.
Softnecks here are what we call Variety Not Stated or VNS. They are typically California Softwhite. We inspect all garlic when packing to make sure you are getting excellent bulbs. This arrives by the end of September and we will ship all orders with Softnecks at this time.
Hardneck garlic shown here is grown natural or conventionally. As the season progresses we may help some farmers struggling to sell their inventories and have some special deals available here.
We love to work with local farmers in the Driftless region (SW Wisc, SE Minn, and NW Iowa) but a few types are a bit hard to find and we have customers all over the US. The garlics here are sourced from various places, grown conventionally and all inspected by me before shipping.
BULK GARLIC CLICK HERE - Looking for Bulk Organic Garlic, we have 8 Jumbo Bulbs packs as well
Garlic is a wonderful addition to our gardens. It is found in just about every household in America. It is very easy to grow in most of the United States. Our seedstock would be considered Large to Jumbo around 2” unless we have it noted. We only sell garlic that is excellent quality seed-stock. We then open our culinary stock up once we have sorted all of our harvests.
We ship starting in mid to late September, depending on the variety.
There are 3 types of garlic to choose from: Hardneck, Softneck, and Elephant. Here is the lowdown on what this means so you can choose the best one for you and your family.
Types of Garlic
- Hardneck - Cold Hardy to Zones 3-7 (and colder), Produces Garlic Scapes, Produces less cloves than softnecks but is generally larger, it stores for 3-5 months after harvest
- Softneck - Great for warm areas (zones (8-9) as they don't need the cold to make cloves, store for up to 9 months, smaller than hardnecks. Our varieties are hardy to zone 4.
- Elephant - Not really a garlic but an allium that possesses garlic like flavors. A clove can take 1-2 years to split into cloves. Plant in the fall or cooler season for areas with no frosts. Very large cloves with mild garlic flavors. We have grown it in Zone 4 by we do mulch it a bit heavier.
Growing Instructions:
For those in zones 3-7, plant garlic about 2-4 weeks before your first hard frost (not your first frost, but your first hard killing frost). Garlic needs about 4-8 weeks to root in and grow before the ground freezes.
- Plant 4" Deep
- Space 6-8" apart
- Mulch with 2-4" of straw, wood chips or other organic mulch, but refrain from pine straw or cedar chips.
- Weed often as garlic hates competition
- Hardnecks produce a garlic scape (flower) that should be harvested before the flower fully develops. This increases the bulb size.
