Poultry Talk Ontario (pto.ca)

Okay just got back from picking up some geese. Instead of my $5 worth of change, as I didn't have the correct dollar amount for the birds, I got 310 cloves of legacy garlic. I have never grown a hardneck garlic before. Other then a fertile, weed free row in my garden should I be doing anything other then sticking the cloves in the dirt?

We grow ours in a raised bed. Plant them 1-2 inches deep and 2 inches apart. They are easy to grow and oh, so good to have your own fresh garlic.

yep, plant them now, pointy side up, about 2-4 inches deep.....and let them be until they send up scapes in the early summer. then clip the scapes and eat them! and then harvest once the bottom 3 leaves go brown.

WLLady wrote:QR_BBPOST yep, plant them now, pointy side up, about 2-4 inches deep.....and let them be until they send up scapes in the early summer. then clip the scapes and eat them! and then harvest once the bottom 3 leaves go brown.

I plant 4-6 inches apart
Nice "change" !!!! we have been self sufficient with hard neck garlic for about 20 years since somebody brought a pile to the Garden Club meeting for the taking and we got 6 bulbs. Possibly the most appreciated harvest here. :)

Thanks folks. I will get it in the garden tomorrow.

What is "hard necked" garlic?

Hardneck garlic make bulbs around a hard stalk core. Softneck makes layers of cloves around a small soft stem.
Hardneck also grow scapes while softneck doesnt if i understand garlic correctly.

Hard neck garlic tends to keep better, we keep ours loosely in a basket in cold storage and it lasts until next years harvest, without any problems, so we have continuous supply.

Thank-you! And, awesome score, goatgal! I don't know anything about garlic: tried growing it once from grocery store cloves, and the bulbs never got bigger than my thumbnail. Left them be and two years later they had spread everywhere lol

Huge score!!!!