Comments on: Gourmet Garlic Varieties

By: Kenny Point

Kenny Point — Sat, 03 Sep 2011 14:25:26 +0000

Hi Melanie, some gourmet garlic varieties are just hotter and stronger flavored than you may be used to. Were you using it raw or cooked? Some people enjoy that huge and even biting garlic flavor depending on how they are using it. Cook it, use less, or try growing a milder variety next time. The garlic seed catalogs usually include a description with info on how strong the flavor is and preferred uses for the different types that they sell.

By: Melanie

Melanie — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 05:00:34 +0000

Well I thought I was growing Egyptian walking onion. But after looking at my beds plants they looked more like garlic and I went on line and yes I believe I put in some hardneck. I was spreading the top seeds like I do for next years flower arrangements( I’m a florist and love the pig tails!)
After looking it up decided to harvest and wow! Strong and hot. Did I harvest too soon? Super hugh garlic flavor. Too strong. Help

By: Dorian

Dorian — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:12:15 +0000

“Carpathian – Spicy, flavorful rocambole garlic variety, this heirloom hails from the Carpathian Mountain region of Poland”
The Carpathians are in a different country I’m afraid. The Transylvania region of Romania, of course garlic is a matter of life or death (undeath?) there.

On a more serious note, does anyone from the UK frequent this site and can tell me where to get the variety music? I can’t find anywhere doing internet searches

By: Kenny Point

Kenny Point — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 21:12:14 +0000

Kathy, it sounds like it could be elephant garlic, but before you rush off and eat it, beware that it could also be a ornamental variety of Alliums, which are related to garlic and onions but grown for their attractive flowers rather than for food. I would google the term “Allium” and see if there are any photos to compare to what was growing in your son’s garden.

By: Kathy Greer

Kathy Greer — Tue, 25 Aug 2009 17:37:14 +0000

I wonder if you can help me identify a huge garlic that came up in my son’s flower garden. It had a long, thick stalk and long slender leaves. The top didn’t have the usual cluster of hard seeds about the size of a small ping pong ball the way mine do, but a baseball sized cluster of small sage-green nubbins at the end of many slender stalks. Each “seed” had a delicious mild, chive or oniony aroma. When we pulled out the garlic it was bigger than a baseball and pure white with just 4 or 5 big, yellow cloves. Is this an elephant garlic? Thanks for any info you might have on this mystereous beauty.

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By: Nola Rhodes

Nola Rhodes — Fri, 20 Oct 2006 00:10:43 +0000

Very informmative, Awesome, Very much appreciative. Sincere Thanks, Nola Rhodes