Beginner Gardening: Growing Onions, 1 by HoneybeeNC

HoneybeeNC wrote:
gilraen - yes, as behillman said - you plant the individual cloves. The larger the clove you plant, the larger your final garlic plant will be - or at least that's my experience.

There are softneck and hardneck types - you could do some research online to see which you would prefer. I don't know which type I grow because, as I said, the original ones came from the supermarket - but I think they are softneck. They are white, with purple splotches.

Try not to buy the ones from China. They are usually pure white and are sold in small bags of several onions. The reason being - the entire root has been removed and the bottoms are concave. My concern is that these might not grow. If you see garlic with little dried roots on the bottom - buy those!

Here's a photo of last year's garlic harvest