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Emperor's New Cloves?
I bought 6 heads at Trader Joe's yesterday. They do not have cloves they are one solid head?? It says grown and packed in China. I am going to plant them and see what happens? Maybe this is not really garlic? They smell and are labeled garlic...any thoughts?
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Hmmm. A quick glance at the Territorial Seed catalog doesn't show any garlic that is one solid head. Are these maybe just individual cloves from a large variety?
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Nope you can tell it is one solid head (I did dissect one) I will take a pic.. and will edit.;)
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I'm no expert, but I think what you have are called garlic rounds. Rounds are heads of garlic that haven't reached maturity. I believe cloves start forming in late spring or early summer, May or June. Up to that point it is a single large clove or, round. I think by planting the rounds you'll get heads with cloves next year.
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[quote=neoguy;79550] I think what you have are called garlic rounds. Rounds are heads of garlic that haven't reached maturity. [/quote]
That's what I heard as well. Last growing season, I picked, oh, 5 or 6 that turned out to be the single-clove round type. I found them interesting, but a bit of Internet research led me to conclude I just picked 'em early; alas, they were not a new rare variety that I discovered, darn it. Couple weeks ago while planting my 2007-08 garlic crop, I came across 20 or so sprouting feral cloves that I missed last season. I re-planted the decent sized ones, which included one of the single-clove round type. I marked its location. I'm not touching it til July 08. We'll see what this one turns out to be. J |
See that is why I love this place:love::love: I got my answer so I won't post the pics. I did plant them and I will update this thread whenever I am supposed to pull my garlic:D:D
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Clever title.:yes:
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I thought is was about CLOVES not GARLIC.:):evil: :P
Worth |
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