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Re: Hard Neck Garlic

Which varieties of hard neck are you growing?  This is our first year growing
garlic and we have 3 hardneck and 1 softneck, German red, Romanian Red, Chesnok
Red and Inchelium Red.  We wanted to sneak a look at one of the bulbs but the
ground is frozen now.
Sheryl in Western Colorado

Neason wrote:

> I manage to keep hardnecks in edible form until March or April.  Then
> they invariably sprout.  I'm growing softnecks this year from Filaree
> Farms.  The California Early/Late garlics from the grocery that I've
> planted in the past have done very poorly.  I'll keep the list updated
> on my results.  I grow around 10 varieties of hardneck every year.
>
> I'll be out of town until Thursday, but I'll catch up on the list then.
> It's only 6 weeks until I start seedlings!
>
> Steve
>
> Libby J. Goldstein wrote:
> >
> > >The other variety is A. Sativum Ophioscorodon, which is why we call it
> > >ophio for short.  It has a hard stalk and sets small bulbs at the top as
> > >well as the main bulb at the bottom.  It does not keep as well as the
> > >sofnecks.
> >
> > Actually, I've a very few (I ate all the rest) German Hardnecks in the the
> > fridge at this very moment, and they're still great, firm and tasty. The
> > soft necks I've been looking at in the markets (for when I finally eat all
> > of mine) look really nasty and dried out.
> >
> > Libby
> >
> > libby@igc.apc.org       Libby J. Goldstein       phone & fax: 215-465-8878
> >             Philadelphia      USDA zone 7A       Sunset zone 32
> >
> >         My garden must be n-dimensional if it's out here in cyberspace.
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