Garlic, what kind? And replanting?

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ReneeAckerman Washougal, WA Aug 01, 2011

I harvested my first successful bulb of garlic today. Now that the cat's not digging up my herb gardens. I have a few kinds of garlic. One kind a friend gave me, and two kinds I bought. The ones I bought was an elephant garlic (what I harvested today) and another kind I can't remember that came up as a cluster of small purple bulbs. I'm not sure why it was in a cluster because I know I didn't plant them that way. But it was last year, so who knows what happened between then and now. Does anyone have an idea of what they could be? And I know I didn't plant it in a cluster so I'm not sure what happened there. But I want to replant them so should I replant them now or wait until Fall? I'm in SW WA.

Thanks!

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eweed Everson, WA(Zone 8a) Aug 01, 2011

A garlic grows a cluster of cloves. You plant one clove blunt end down and it grows and matures back into the same form you started with. I would not replant the garlic you just harvested without putting it in the frig for a good two weeks. Ernie

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marycatt Commerce City, CO Aug 27, 2011

I started playing with Garlic a couple of years ago. There are tons of varieties out there. If you do a search for garlic you'll find some nice sites. There are several that are red / purple / or red/purple striped. There's also a fairly wide variety of strengths. I like Elephant garlic since it's very mild. If you start searching garlic sites, you're going to be told (quickly) that Elephant garlic isn't really a garlic..I think it' some form of a shallot, but has a mild garlic taste. Whatever, I still grow it ;)

Mary

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SusanKC Shawnee Mission, KS(Zone 6a) Aug 28, 2011

There are both hardneck and softneck garlic. The softneck is what you usually find at the grocery store. the hardneck is more winter hardy and has scapes. A number of the DG top rated plant and seed companies carry garlic. We plant hardneck garlic in October and harvest the following July.

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