We are selling 2lb of organic Early Italian seed bulbs for $20.00.
(approx. 14 bulbs are in a 2lb box)
If you desire to plant the garlic for your own harvest the 2lb will yield a minimum of 10 to 12 lbs of harvest for you to enjoy throughout the year.
Or you can just enjoy the garlic in your cooking! It is a very flavorful garlic. It is way better then you can buy at the grocery store!
We also have 1 lb boxes for sale for $10.00
(shipping would be $6.00 or we can deliver to locals)
Contact Steve Hameloth at: hamyscj@embarqmail.com or call or text at:
(717) 286-8906
Garlic Early Italian Purple | Softneck Garlic | Organic Garlic
Early Italian Purple garlic is a vigorous softneck variety wrapped in white skins festooned with purple stripes. This cultivar matures 5-10 days earlier than most others and is the type made famous by the Gilroy, CA garlic festival that takes place in July every year. A variety that produces large heads packed with lots of small cloves, Early Italian Purple is an excellent keeper holding up to 10 months. Harvest a bit earlier than mid season. (http://www.easytogrowbulbs.com/p-249-softneck-garlic-early-italian-purple.aspx)
Softnecks are so called because the whole green plant dies down to pliancy, leaving nothing but the bulb and flexible stems that are easy to braid.
Hardnecks have a stiff stem in the center that terminates in a beautiful flower – or cluster of little bulbs – then dries to a rigid stick that makes braiding impossible.
Softnecks, the standard garlics of commerce, are the easiest to grow in regions where the weather is mild. They keep longer than hardnecks, but they are less hardy and more prone to make small, very strong-flavored cloves. Hardnecks do best where there is a real winter and are more vulnerable to splitting – or simply refusing to produce – when grown in warm climates.
Planting Garlic:
Growing organic garlic is really quite easy and simple to do. You don't need much space to grow a nice crop of garlic. Growing garlic starts with knowing when to plant it.
To give you a visual, this is an example of a 6x30 bed which we planted about 7 lbs of seed garlic in.
But planting itself is incredibly easy:
In mid-fall (Late October to mid November), plant garlic bulbs in loose, very fertile soil that's as weed-free as possible. Insert cloves root side down about 8 inches apart in all directions (if space is limited, you can squeeze by with 6), burying the tips about two inches down. Green shoots will come up; mulch around them with straw. Hard freeze will come and kill the shoots. Draw the mulch over the whole bed.
In spring, pull the mulch back when the new shoots emerge Keep them weeded. Water only if the soil is dry two or more inches down, being sure to avoid pouring water into the crowns of the plants.
(http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/home/gardening/advice/a18057/growing-garlic-460709/)
Harvest is usually around the July 4th holiday.
And then enjoy your amazing flavored garlic!
