Description
Garlic cloves: Elephant garlic. Allium ampeloprasum var. ampeloprasum.
NEW SEASON IN NOW. Ready for sendin out to you.
As the name suggests it’s big garlic. Elephant garlic has a mild flavour, it is more closely related to leeks than smaller garlic bulbs.
How to grow:
Plant elephant garlic in full sunlight from September to February (with best results from October-November plantings). Put the cloves into the soil root base down so the tip is still showing at ground level. Create the hole for the clove as pushing into the soil can damage the root base. Place about 30cms apart. Elephant garlic can grow to 15cms across. Feed with organic seaweed liquid feed in the warmer weather avoiding water-logging. Keep watered in dry weather and until about 3 weeks before harvest when you can start to let them dry out naturally. Harvest July.
We’re still growing these in July, but we didn’t put them in until December, they’re taking a lot longer than the other garlics (Maddock and Picardy) and have all gone to seed, this is normal. Some say take the flower stalks, scapes, off. Some say don’t. We didn’t and are currently munching our way through the flower heads, they’re amazing sprinkled on salads and this, we hope, will encourage the bulbs to get even bigger!
Problem solving:
Prefers full sun and keep well watered, they do well in a fertile soil.
Favourite ways to eat them:
Elephant garlic has a superb mild flavour. It’s suitable for soups, stews, stir-frys. You can roast it whole for a fabulous statement on the dining table.
Cultural history:
Garlic is one of our most ancient of crops, evidence suggests ancient civilisations around the mediterranean enjoyed it 5,000 years ago!
Sold by the clove. They are huge, see picture 🙂
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