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Poland

Hi

I heard about giant garlic. Elephant garlic. I don't know where I can get bulbs of this garlic. Maybe someone have it ?

2/23/2010 1:21:12 PM

Las Cruces NM

You can actually get it in just about any grocery store here. I used to just pick one up at the store and break off the cloves and plant them ... to keep bugs away. I personally can't say it did much in the bug department so I don't do it anymore. I know Jung seed has them: http://www.jungseed.com/dc.asp?c1=Garlic&c=164

2/23/2010 6:24:55 PM

Boulder County Colorado USA planet Earth

Cheapest place to but it is the grocery store.

Remember it ussually takes 2 yrs to get big bulbs.

but onion maggots love em.

2/23/2010 9:44:22 PM

Mill Creek West by god Virginia

hey mystic cat: email me at [email protected] and give me a addy ill ship you plenty of elephant ear garlic seeds, they grow quickly and get very big! god bless you keith

2/24/2010 1:27:34 AM

Corryton, TN

If you plant the the garlic in the fall, just before frost, it will mature the following spring/summer. It works like tulip or daffodil bulbs. Most suppliers in the US ship seed bulbs from August-October.

2/24/2010 7:12:52 AM

Long Island,New York

But Aaron...everyone who knows anything about garlic knows the elephant garlic found in the grocery stores from China sucks. I'd like to see a post showing alternate sources than the meally bland chinese elephant garlic....perhaps that Ohio Greenhouse guy knows?........

2/24/2010 5:36:20 PM

http://www.territorialseed.com/product/1321/s

2/24/2010 6:08:56 PM

Poland

In Poland we don't have elephant garlic on grocey store :/

2/25/2010 3:09:30 AM

ExtremeVegetables.com

....perhaps that Ohio Greenhouse guy knows?........

LOL

I quit growing "Elephant Garlic" a couple of years ago, it's just not that good. It's actually not even garlic but rather a form of leek.
It does grow Big Giant bulbs though.
You can use garlic purchased from the grocery store. If your lucky it may even be from California. If it is, give your local produce manager a pat on the back. One problem with using garlic purchased from a store is some spray their garlic with a chemical which inhibits sprouting, if you happen to buy this it may not grow for you.
If your looking to grow garlic for flavor forget the Elephant and contact me in July. If your growing garlic for size contact BlooSqualls garlic farm at http://www.bloosquallsgarlicfarm.com/ Tell him Duane sent you and you what you are using the garlic for.
Not promising he'll have any left at this time of year but if he does I'm sure he'll sell it to you.
He's grown it for size and may have some very large cloves to share.

2/25/2010 6:47:59 AM

Long Island,New York

See !!! I told you that Ohio Greenhouse guy knows what he's talkin about when it comes to garlic....

2/25/2010 1:53:20 PM

Las Cruces NM

LI ... but it's not garlic, its a leek :P ... and Duane is 100% correct

2/25/2010 10:23:02 PM

Long Island,New York

Half of knowing what is is knowing what isn't !!!

2/26/2010 7:57:40 AM