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September 2, 2016

Garlic Seed at Adams Garlic

2017 Medium Garlic Seed available: Garlic Varieties: Music, German Extra Hardy.

Also available: Culinary garlic in all varieties.

We grow only hardneck seed garlic at Adams Garlic.

Hardneck garlic:

  • Is named for the long flowering stem in the center of the garlic bulb, called a scape
  • Produces a scape, which is edible
  • Consists of 4-12 large, easy-to-peel cloves in each bulb
  • Thrives in regions with cold winters.  Some varieties also do well in milder climates.
  • Offers greater richness and complexity of flavor than softneck counterparts
  • Stores for 6-12 months, depending on variety and storage conditions

Our garlic seed is categorized into two hardneck garlic subtypes.

  • Porcelain
    • We grow Music, German Extra Hardy, and Georgian Fire.
    • Very hardy and will grow well in most of the US, though not as reliably in the southernmost US
    • Thick white garlic wrappers; clove wrappers are golden brown with purple streaks
    • Contain 4-6 very large cloves per bulb
    • Rich flavor with earthy muskiness, strong flavor
    • Store 9-12 months
    • The densest of all garlics and weigh more per unit of volume than other kinds or garlic; research suggests that this trait makes Porcelains a superior medicinal garlic, particularly because of high allicin content
    • One pound of garlic seed will yield approximately 40 plants, which yields 4-5 pounds of garlic
Music, A Harneck Porcelain Garlic
Music, A Harneck Porcelain Garlic
Porcelain Hardneck Garlic bulb containing 5 large cloves
Porcelain Hardneck Garlic bulb containing 5 large cloves

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Purple Stripe
    • We grow Chesnok Red and Persian Star
    • The hardiest hardneck garlics, growing very well in the Northern US
    • Thick white wrappers with purple stripes; cloves are tall and crescent shaped with elongated tips
    • Very flavorful, particularly for baking and roasting
    • Contain 8-12 cloves per bulb
    • Store 6 months
    • One pound of garlic seed will yield approximately 60 plants, which yields 5-7 pounds of garlic
A Purple Stripe Hardneck Garlic
A Purple Stripe Hardneck Garlic
Persian Star, A Purple Stripe Hardneck Garlic
Persian Star, A Purple Stripe Hardneck Garlic

 

 

 

 

 

Here at Adams Garlic, we are committed to growing only quality garlic seed.  If you have any questions or would like to place an order, please email us or call 608-794-2107.  You may also order online.

Filed Under: Garlic Seed, General, Growing Garlic, Ordering Garlic

August 21, 2016

How much garlic seed should I order?

Field of Garlic at Adams Garlic
Field of Garlic at Adams Garlic

Let’s keep it simple.  How many pounds of garlic would you like to harvest?  One pound of garlic seed contains approximately 8 bulbs of the large diameter garlic (1.75 and larger).   Each pound of hardneck garlic planted will produce four to seven pounds of garlic, or 40-70 bulbs of garlic.

In 2016, the Music, German Extra Hardy, Persian Star, and Georgian Fire yielded four to five pounds for every pound planted.  The Chesnok Red yielded seven pounds of very large garlic for every pound planted.

Order your garlic for fall planting now!

If you would like more specific questions answered, feel free to call 608-794-2107 or email us.

Filed Under: Garlic Seed, General, Growing Garlic, Ordering Garlic

August 9, 2016

Music Garlic, Seed and Eating Garlic

Music Garlic, Seed and Eating Garlic
Music Garlic, Seed and Eating Garlic

Music Garlic

 

Music garlic seed and eating garlic is a favorite here at Adams Garlic.

First of all, the name “Music” makes me just want to sit back with a glass of lemonade, watch a beautiful sunset, and listen…to the music, or the wind in the trees, or the birds…

I’m not sure that it’s the name, but Music garlic is a favorite in our home and for our customers.  With its rich and strong, robust and musky flavor, Music garlic has a medium to hot kick when eaten raw, but in its cooked form Music offers an incredible garlicky flavor to any dish.  Because each bulb contains five to seven very large, easy-to-peel cloves, cooking with Music is a breeze.

For the garlic grower, Music garlic seed will plant approximately 40 cloves for every pound of seed.  The plants are vigorous, tall, dark and vibrant green, and the germination rate is excellent.  I have read that Music appears resistant to many diseases that affect garlic.  Music is a reliable hardneck garlic to grow.

Music garlic is an heirloom garlic brought to Canada by Al Music from his homeland of Italy.  It is a porcelain hardneck and with white wrappers and beautifully rose-colored cloves.  Music garlic stores for nine to twelve months under the proper storage conditions.

Order Music Garlic Seed or Eating Garlic Now!

Filed Under: Garlic Seed, Garlic Varieties, General, Growing Garlic

July 14, 2016

What size garlic should I order?

 

Will you be planting or eating your garlic?

Adams Garlic Chesnok Red

 

Garlic Seed:

You will harvest the largest garlic bulbs by planting the largest cloves of the largest bulbs.  So if you desire to grow large garlic bulbs, you should order the Large Garlic Seed (Diameter greater than 2 inches).  There are 6-9 bulbs per pound of Large Garlic Seed.

By planting Medium Garlic Seed, your bulbs may not grow quite as large; however, you will receive more more bulbs per pound and therefore will end up with more garlic plants.  There are 9-12 bulbs per pound of Medium Garlic Seed.  A customer recently said he had a “great crop” after planting this size.

 

 

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Culinary Garlic:

Hardneck garlic cloves are much larger than their softneck counterparts.  You will find the largest cloves in the largest bulbs, so peeling fewer cloves is necessary with the larger garlic bulb.  Also, if you will be roasting your garlic, the larger bulbs obviously mean more garlic per bulb roasted.  However, if you are looking for an economical options, the smaller garlic has nice large cloves and the same great flavor!

 

Filed Under: Garlic Seed, General, Ordering Garlic

July 6, 2016

Adams Garlic In The News…

Check out the article about Adams Garlic in the Telegraph Herald yesterday!  A great big thank you to Bennet Goldstein and Mike Burley from the Telegraph Herald for stopping to visit on Friday!

Order your SEED GARLIC or GOURMET EATING GARLIC for fall shipping at www.adamsgarlic.com!

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