Any US gardeners want to try a new Garlic?

[Martin Mikulcik]

Preferably if you live in this region

I got a lot of bulbils and wanted to offer them free to a limited number

This would be my Kentucky garlic https://flyoverseeds.com/shop/kentucky-garlic/

It's an extremely well-adapted hardneck that has persisted for ~30 years in bushhogged pasture, regularly producing true seed which is uncommon in many garlic and i think the reason for its adaptability.

 

[Martin Mikulcik]

Here's a picture of it doing its thing where it was planted by my father around 1990

Note: if you've never done garlic from bulbils, they make smaller cloves the first year than starting from cloves

 

[Meadowlark]

I've always grown soft neck garlic here due to the climate. I have recently read about a hard neck variety Chesnok Red, that makes claims that it performs unusually well in warmer regions like East Texas. Going to give it a try this fall...and would welcome the opp. to try some of yours also.

 

[Martin Mikulcik]

I've always grown soft neck garlic here due to the climate. I have recently read about a hard neck variety Chesnok Red, that makes claims that it performs unusually well in warmer regions like East Texas. Going to give it a try this fall...and would welcome the opp. to try some of yours also.

I'll send you some cloves between now and planting time for sure. I guess it fails to vernalize in warm regions? I don't think the heat would be a problem, you could probably refrigerator vernalize it but that might be more work than it's worth. Or you can sow a million seeds and probably make something work. Or it'll make 1 large clove and propogation is difficult.... Interesting.

When do you plant fall potatoes?

 

[Meadowlark]

When do you plant fall potatoes?

No later than Labor Day. I usually plant my soft neck garlic same time as I plant onion from seed on 10-15.

 

[Martin Mikulcik]

No later than Labor Day. I usually plant my soft neck garlic same time as I plant onion from seed on 10-15.

I plant garlic October but it works planting earlier or later and then it matures in june/july when it gets hot and dry.

i just thought since garlic and potatoes are both cool weather root crops that for me, mature at the same time, perhaps you have two windows of garlic growth and starting earlier could help the plant know it vernalized, maybe. Still not sure if that's an issue, solo garlic is cool