Data specific to Garlic (Edit)
| Garlic type: |
Artichoke
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| Neck type: |
Softneck
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General Plant Information (Edit)
| Plant Habit: |
Herb/Forb
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| Life cycle: |
Perennial
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| Sun Requirements: |
Full Sun
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| Water Preferences: |
Mesic
Dry Mesic
Dry
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| Underground structures: |
Bulb
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| Uses: |
Culinary Herb
Medicinal Herb
Suitable as Annual
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| Dynamic Accumulator: |
K (Potassium)
Ca (Calcium)
S (Sulfur)
Mn (Manganese)
Na (Sodium)
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| Resistances: |
Deer Resistant
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| Propagation: Other methods: |
Bulbs
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| Pollinators: |
Bees
Various insects
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Posted by
dave (Southlake, Texas - Zone 8a) on Jun 14, 2013 11:12 AM concerning plant:
As its name implies, this is indeed an early garlic. The bulbs are smaller than normal but the flavor is very sweet with no aftertaste. One of my favorites.
Posted by
OldGardener (So Cal - Zone 10b) on Nov 22, 2013 1:40 PM concerning plant:
Size:
I just received planting stock from Filaree Garlic (in Washington State) and these are large compared to the other varieties. Full heads are running 2.4 - 2.8" in diameter and the cloves are averaging 1.6-1.8" in length and are extremely thick and fat. There are 5 bulbs per pound, averaging 12.6 cloves per head (I included the cloves that are growing about the upper stem in calculating the cloves per head). If counting the cloves only found in the head, there are 10.4 cloves per head. It is listed as typically having 11-21 cloves per bulb.
Odditiy:
2 of the 5 heads received have additional (large) cloves growing around the stem above/outside of the main bulb.
Type: Early Red Italian is a softneck garlic - Artichoke type.
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