Mild Garlic?

ceresone · November 4, 2010

I would like to find a garlic that is mild--and dosent linger for hours.
Is there such a thing? and if I threw in pretty, would it be useless to try to find?

habitat_gardener · November 4, 2010

Elephant garlic is milder.

fortyonenorth · November 4, 2010

Maybe Nootka Rose? I haven't tried it but Tom thought it was real mild. Might be tough to find seed garlic this late in the season.

tjg911 · November 4, 2010

pretty?

i think chamiskuri is mild, too mild for my taste. i like it really hot where it burns your tongue and mouth to where you cry and you think it's eating a hole in your mouth. ok that's a bit too hot but i like assertive flavors. i would suggest you do not grow german red as it is really a hot garlic in my garden. i think when garlic is fresh out of the ground it is really hot and mellows a bit as it stores. when starting to sprout the green shoot is hot while the white is not.

go to http://wegrowgarlic.com and read all the various varieties they have. some will be milder than others. you can email them too and they'll recommend varieties that you'd prefer. i'm sure it's too late to buy any but the ones they might have left perhaps would be the mildest?

tom

ceresone · November 5, 2010

Thanks, everyone,
.
i have some growing, but its as hot asTom likes--much too hot for me.

November 4, 2010	#1
ceresone Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: mo. Posts: 41	Mild Garlic? I would like to find a garlic that is mild--and dosent linger for hours. Is there such a thing? and if I threw in pretty, would it be useless to try to find?

November 4, 2010	#4
tjg911 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: zone 5b northwest connecticut Posts: 2,570	pretty? i think chamiskuri is mild, too mild for my taste. i like it really hot where it burns your tongue and mouth to where you cry and you think it's eating a hole in your mouth. ok that's a bit too hot but i like assertive flavors. i would suggest you do not grow german red as it is really a hot garlic in my garden. i think when garlic is fresh out of the ground it is really hot and mellows a bit as it stores. when starting to sprout the green shoot is hot while the white is not. go to http://wegrowgarlic.com and read all the various varieties they have. some will be milder than others. you can email them too and they'll recommend varieties that you'd prefer. i'm sure it's too late to buy any but the ones they might have left perhaps would be the mildest? tom __________________ I need a hero I’m holding out for a hero ‘til the end of the night He’s gotta be strong And he’s gotta be fast And he’s gotta be fresh from the fight I need a hero I’m holding out for a hero ‘til the morning light He’s gotta be sure And it’s gotta be soon And he’s gotta be larger than life

November 4, 2010	#2
habitat_gardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: California Central Valley Posts: 2,540	Elephant garlic is milder.

November 4, 2010	#3
fortyonenorth Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: NW Indiana Posts: 1,150	Maybe Nootka Rose? I haven't tried it but Tom thought it was real mild. Might be tough to find seed garlic this late in the season.

November 5, 2010	#5
ceresone Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: mo. Posts: 41	Thanks, everyone, . i have some growing, but its as hot asTom likes--much too hot for me.