General information and discussion about cultivating onions, garlic, shallots and leeks.
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November 21, 2007 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
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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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November 21, 2007 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
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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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November 21, 2007 | #3 |
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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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November 21, 2007 | #4 |
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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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November 21, 2007 | #5 | |
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Quote:
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
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November 21, 2007 | #6 |
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See that is why I love this place 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
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November 22, 2007 | #7 |
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I thought is was about CLOVES not GARLIC.
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