Ordering garlic for 2011 planting - Page 2

Suze · September 1, 2011

That's good to know, Tom - and thanks for the report back on stock received from this vendor.

Do you know (or can you ask) if he has a website up yet, or is the email addy you posted above the only way to contact him at this time?

And - do you know if he is still taking orders?

eddie46 · September 1, 2011

Thanks Suze - done.

Ed

Elizabeth · September 2, 2011

I got mine yesterday from Gourmet Garlic - Forever Yong Farm.

I got the Warm Winter Sampler and they are large, lovely, firm, clean, blemish free. I have to wait to plant them, but I am quite pleased with the quality.

I ordered them Aug 3.

My sampler (1 or 2 bulbs depending on size) includes:
Shilla
Red Toch
Sonoran
Maiskij
Ajo Rojo

This is going to be fun - I haven't tried growing garlic for a number of years - the varieties out there that I could buy just never quite worked out here in San Diego. I love that I can try 5 different ones grown by someone in Southern Arizona rather than Northern California, Idaho or Oregon or some place else way north and cooler.

swamper · September 2, 2011

I wont be buying any new garlic this year, I'm scared to bring in that nematode that has affected crops in New York and elsewhere. I have grown lots of different garlics over the years and usually around 10 varieties each year. Here are a few that I like best:

porcelains: northern white, georgian crystal
purple stripe: estonian red, pskem
rocambole: ukranian

i have another riesig: that gillie farms calls rocambole. it looks like porcelain to me, but is distinctively hotter than the other porcelains i've grown. I'd like to try japanese garlic as I like large cloves best.

tjg911 · September 3, 2011

Quote:

Originally Posted by Suze

That's good to know, Tom - and thanks for the report back on stock received from this vendor.

Do you know (or can you ask) if he has a website up yet, or is the email addy you posted above the only way to contact him at this time?

And - do you know if he is still taking orders?

suze,

he does not have a website which i was really disappointed about tho he says he wants to get one but we'll see.

he sent me a spreadsheet with what he sells and the sizes of the bulbs per variety. i'd post it here but i'm not sure how. would copy and paste work? it is quite long! around 200 varieties iirc but he often has just 3 or 5 bulbs of each variety. at this point he is building seed stock.

i don't know if he is taking orders but i posted his email so send him and email.

tom

pbud · October 4, 2011

I have grown some of these that my uncle is now selling and there are some fine varieties.

http://www.ivansnewgarlics.com/Home.html

Suze · October 20, 2011

Unsticking this thread until next year - and also a last minute reminder that it's probably time to go ahead and get your garlic planted soon.

huntoften · May 8, 2012

Filaree is already out of many varieties for 2012! Man...I need to get my orders in early!

Tracydr · May 8, 2012

Just pulled my garlic Sunday. I had the same varieties as Elizabeth from Forever Yong.
Unfortunately, I had horrible production. I'm not sure if it was the weather ( very warm winter, even for AZ), the seed, or the dirt. But, I think I'll go back to soft neck next year.

September 2, 2011	#18
Elizabeth Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: San Diego Coastal - Zone 10b Posts: 204	I got mine yesterday from Gourmet Garlic - Forever Yong Farm. I got the Warm Winter Sampler and they are large, lovely, firm, clean, blemish free. I have to wait to plant them, but I am quite pleased with the quality. I ordered them Aug 3. My sampler (1 or 2 bulbs depending on size) includes: Shilla Red Toch Sonoran Maiskij Ajo Rojo This is going to be fun - I haven't tried growing garlic for a number of years - the varieties out there that I could buy just never quite worked out here in San Diego. I love that I can try 5 different ones grown by someone in Southern Arizona rather than Northern California, Idaho or Oregon or some place else way north and cooler. __________________ Elizabeth If I'm going to water and care for a plant it had better give me food, flowers or shade.

May 8, 2012	#23
huntoften Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Kansas CIty Posts: 560	Filaree is already out of many varieties for 2012! Man...I need to get my orders in early! __________________ Kansas City, Missouri Zone 5b/6a

September 1, 2011	#16
Suze Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 3,027	That's good to know, Tom - and thanks for the report back on stock received from this vendor. Do you know (or can you ask) if he has a website up yet, or is the email addy you posted above the only way to contact him at this time? And - do you know if he is still taking orders?

September 1, 2011	#17
eddie46 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SW PA Posts: 160	Thanks Suze - done. Ed

September 2, 2011	#19
swamper Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2009 Location: CT Posts: 219	I wont be buying any new garlic this year, I'm scared to bring in that nematode that has affected crops in New York and elsewhere. I have grown lots of different garlics over the years and usually around 10 varieties each year. Here are a few that I like best: porcelains: northern white, georgian crystal purple stripe: estonian red, pskem rocambole: ukranian i have another riesig: that gillie farms calls rocambole. it looks like porcelain to me, but is distinctively hotter than the other porcelains i've grown. I'd like to try japanese garlic as I like large cloves best.

October 4, 2011	#21
pbud Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Bay Area Posts: 173	I have grown some of these that my uncle is now selling and there are some fine varieties. http://www.ivansnewgarlics.com/Home.html

October 20, 2011	#22
Suze Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 3,027	Unsticking this thread until next year - and also a last minute reminder that it's probably time to go ahead and get your garlic planted soon.

May 8, 2012	#24
Tracydr Tomatovillian™ Join Date: May 2011 Location: Laurinburg, North Carolina, zone 7 Posts: 3,207	Just pulled my garlic Sunday. I had the same varieties as Elizabeth from Forever Yong. Unfortunately, I had horrible production. I'm not sure if it was the weather ( very warm winter, even for AZ), the seed, or the dirt. But, I think I'll go back to soft neck next year.