Great Garlic Combo

Pacific Northwest Garlic Combo

Received a healthy quantity of both Music and Italian Late. Nice sized bulbs in both groups arrived early October in good condition though I was out of the country so didn't get the opportunity to plant them until November 29th. None had sprouted and remained solid. After top dressing my 4' x 10' raised bed with compost, I added both blood meal and bone meal to the planting hole. Looking forward to my mid-late summer harvest. I actually had too many cloves, so put aside about 25 peeled ones in white vinegar in mason jars in the refrigerator. Tried this experiment last season-Garlic does not absorb any of the vinegar and it does not pickle them.

Werewolves Beware!

Looking Good so Far

The Italian Late green shoots came up out of the garden soil right away. Music took 2 or 3 weeks longer. My only quibble is that the cloves in the two Music bulbs were so huge. As a result I only had 10 or 12 total cloves to plant. Luckily I had some leftover Music cloves from last year so I was able to plant more.