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Originally Posted by bcday
If it's your Spanish Roja that you're wondering about, it should last well past fall planting time. Mine from last summer's harvest was still in good shape this spring. I finally planted most of the leftover cloves in early May to grow into rounds (single bulbs that won't divide into cloves) over the summer and be replanted this fall. I never tried that before, we'll see how it goes. The Music and German White didn't store as well, the tops of the cloves started to shrivel over the winter. I don't know if I will keep growing them as they aren't as productive as the Spanish Roja either.
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bcday,
spanish roja is a rocambole and rocamboles don't store as long as porcelains which is what music and german red are. i'm not saying you are wrong just that i'm surprised by your storage. my music and german red store much longer than any rocamboles i grow. i never grew spanish roja. what other rocamboles have you grown that store as long as porcelains? i wish my rocamboles would store longer than the porcelains because rocamboles are much better tasting than porcelains, probably the best of all garlic types.
tom
tom