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Originally Posted by SueCT
Does anyone in cold climates like zone 5-6 grow soft neck?
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If you are hoping for large cloves then I would not recommend softneck since you will get lots of small cloves per head.
As I posted earlier, I was looking for larger cloves and was very happy with the German Porcelain variety that I bought from Getgarlic.com
Interestingly I just read in a Mother Earth News e-newsletter that you can grow larger cloves by planting your hardneck garlic later in the year when it is cooler.
They said that the earlier planted garlic cloves have warmer weather and they put on more growth before winter which leads to smaller cloves in the spring. The later planted cloves sense the cold and do not grow as much, leading to a smaller number but bigger cloves in the spring.
I don't know if this is true. All I know is that my German Porcelains from getgarlic.com gave me nice, large and good tasting cloves. I planted them in early October last year.