Two weeks ago I got e-mail ad from The Garlic Farm in UK that they have baby Elephant Garlic seeds in sale for two packs of 24 cloves for price of one. I could not resist ordering them and also 12 pack of the bigger ones. Sunday I spent some time in my unheated greenhouse at -2°C temperature and potted them. There were actually 59 baby cloves in the package. Luckily I had 60 rootrainer cells where the small ones fit. Now those are rooting in garage, where the temperature does not go below freezing, but should be cool enough for vernalization. If these will grow well, we will have plenty to eat and still can save some as seedstock.
Postage for the shipment was 25£, so naturally I had to order seed cloves for real garlic too. Now I got five additional varieties to plant this spring.
Sari
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