Comments on: Growing Baby Garlic

By: Samuel

Samuel — Fri, 24 Jun 2011 20:56:54 +0000

baby garlic grows year round, in the north and in the south. Perfectly.
No matter the size of bulb or sprout (baby garlic) you plant, just leave it in the ground longer for a bigger size. We do it consistently with all types of garlic sprouts and bulbs and always just turns out fine.

By: Kenny Point

Kenny Point — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 12:01:15 +0000

Baby garlic probably can be grown year round if you can get the cloves to germinate. No special conditions, they are easy to grow and can even be raised in a container.

By: kirat Patel

kirat Patel — Wed, 22 Jun 2011 03:15:30 +0000

I want to know why baby garlic can not be grown all year around. It is available only for the period of four to six weeks around spring time only.
what conditions are necessary to grow baby garlic ?

By: Christie

Christie — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 03:22:03 +0000

oh ps Lisa

the USDA generally and also this clip from Keene Organics online say medium is just as good, don’t have to use the biggest.

Just trying to help, sis

There is a positive correlation between the size of the clove planted and the size of the bulb harvested. Some growers grade their cloves by size/weight and plant the largest. Large cloves yield large bulbs, as long as there are no limitations in the environment.

Medium size cloves offer the largest percent increase of growth while still reaching a market size. Small cloves produce small bulbs but can be used to multiply an attractive garlic strain. For example, I purchased 1lb. of small Yugoslavian garlic bulbs, and planted them. I ended up with a nice crop of about 8 pounds with medium size bulbs. I planted only the large bulbs and ate the rest! That resulted in approx. 12lbs. of large bulbs, 25lbs. of medium size bulbs, and 8 lbs. of small bulbs.
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By: Christie

Christie — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 03:18:29 +0000

we have planted baby garlic forever, just takes a lil patience, but turns out fine every time, most of the bulbs that are kept in the ground the extra year or two are bigger and just as good.

I do have a compliment and question. This is one of the best garlic websites around, thanks for all the great reading.
question: let’s say I buy a pound of gourmet hardneck garlic (60 cloves), how many “pounds” would it kind of make when harvested?
Any idea knowing? Even a close estimate? Is there a chart somewhere, or is that too exacting

There is no garlic in our area for at least 500 miles and we have thought about buying 10 pounds, we already have prepped the ground, but need to know kind of how many pounds we will harvest?

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Fri, 16 Apr 2010 23:49:20 +0000

[...] the summer’s harvest. In the meantime they can both supply some spring onion-like greens and even baby garlic for the kitchen. I also found some shallot seed bulbs at a local nursery, planted them a week or so [...]

By: Bumbo Seats

Bumbo Seats — Wed, 14 May 2008 18:34:06 +0000

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By: Lisa

Lisa — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 14:42:14 +0000

I never grew baby garlic, is it like the garlic we have growing wild up here in the north? Or is it just baby garlic that you plant in the spring and it doesn’t have time to really grow? I plant my garlic in the fall and let it sit over the winter, it is in the ground for 8 months. I enjoy eating my home-grown garlic all year round. Just needs the right temperature for storage. Right now I just harvested my garlic and it is hanging getting plenty of air and will sit there for a month to cure. I have to take the biggest cloves to plant for next year’s crop. Organize the date to when you want to harvest, you need alot of heat for the bulbs to grow in their final stage. No watering!