If you want to grow garlic where the ground freezes in the winter, we recommend you read the in-depth article from the University of Minnesota co-written by our friend Dr. Carl Rosen, a soil scientist and garlic grower. You can read and download it by clicking HERE. If you live in the deep south I […]
Resources
Plum Creek Garlic VIDEO – How to Grow Great Garlic
We hosted a garlic field day on our farm in June 2022. Below are links to the 50 minute video taken during that event featuring mostly Chris yakking away on garlic and all the fun and not so fun things about growing it. The field day was primarily for commercial growers covering a variety of […]
What is ‘seed’ garlic? What is ‘culinary’ garlic? What should I plant?
We frequently get questions about which garlic can be planted. Many people make a distinction between ‘seed’ garlic – planting stock and ‘culinary’ garlic — only for eating. The reality is: All garlic can be planted and will grow unless it’s been treated with a growth inhibitor. When planting garlic for the first time, we […]
Garlic Variety Descriptions Including a Brief Variety Overview
OVERVIEW There are literally hundreds of named garlic varieties! However, they all divide into two subspecies typically called hardneck and softneck. The farther north you plant, the easier it is to grow hardneck garlics and the farther south you plant the easier it is to grow softneck garlics. What people call supermarket garlic is usually […]