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Garlic
Jul 22, 2009 2:36:50 GMT -5
Post by PatrickW on Jul 22, 2009 2:36:50 GMT -5
I just harvested my garlic for this year. I'll be happy to send out some planting stock to those interested. I ask you pay postage, and to be honest I'm not really keen on sending it to North America, because you guys have access to all kinds of great varieties there locally but it's hard to come by in many other places in the world. If you live in NA and I have something you really can't find elsewhere, let me know and we'll work something out.
Here are the varieties I have (a * a very limited supply):
Antonnik*
Bai Pi Suan
Bogatyr*
Burgundy
Chilean Silver
Creole Red
Cuban Purple
Dauvaga*
Dominics
Elephant
Estonian Red
Finnish
Gazebo Grande
Georgia Fire
Georgian Crystal
German Porcelain
Germinador
GSF #65
Gypsy Red
Hungarian
Irkutsk*
Kallaves*
Krasnodar Red
Londerdel
Martin's Heirloom
Maxi Top*
Metechi
Music
New Siberian*
Oosterdel
Oregon Blue
Persian Star
Pskem
Purple Glazer
Purple Haze
Purple Italian*
Pyong Vang
Red Toch
Rosewood
Russian Softneck
Shantung Purple
Siberian*
Silver Rose
Sprint*
Susan Delafield
Sweet Haven
Tuscan
Uzbek Turban
Vekak Czech
Vigor*
Vilnius
Wonha
Xian
I have my favorites, and some of the varieties have very small bulbs, and may not be worth growing. The viruses that come with them are free! If you want any more information, please ask.
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Garlic
Jul 22, 2009 5:43:39 GMT -5
Post by flowerpower on Jul 22, 2009 5:43:39 GMT -5
Nice list. I see a few of my favorite on there also. Is your Italian Purple the striped one?
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Garlic
Jul 22, 2009 15:57:33 GMT -5
Post by PatrickW on Jul 22, 2009 15:57:33 GMT -5
I'm not sure. It's my first year, and I don't clean my garlic until it's cured, so it's all covered with dirt now... I think so. It does seem like there are a lot of varieties called Purple Italian.
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Garlic
Jul 22, 2009 16:08:24 GMT -5
Post by paquebot on Jul 22, 2009 16:08:24 GMT -5
I don't think that you can send your garlic into the US without a Phitosanitary Certificate.
Martin
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Garlic
Jul 22, 2009 16:17:31 GMT -5
Post by PatrickW on Jul 22, 2009 16:17:31 GMT -5
I've done it before without any problem!
It's really a political issue more than anything else. During the Bush war on terror, it was impossible to get this kind of thing through. I don't think it's much of a problem now.
After all containers full of garlic come in from China every day. Do you think anyone cares if this is full of disease, and do you think any of this has a phyto cert? There's no real reason to keep a box of garlic from entering the US, and I think the Obama administration is a little more practical in this respect than most previous administrations.
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Garlic
Jul 22, 2009 16:57:19 GMT -5
Post by silverseeds on Jul 22, 2009 16:57:19 GMT -5
that is bizarre for bush to block garlic from overseas, when so little of what comes through american ports is screened.
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Garlic
Aug 20, 2009 2:40:05 GMT -5
Post by silverseeds on Aug 20, 2009 2:40:05 GMT -5
Patrick, do you have any garlics with a yar plus keeping ability. I have ordered three varieties from wegrowgarlic.com. All three they had which last a year plus in storage. One is simonetti, one silver white, one is rosewood. I see you dont have the first two. If you have any other LONG keepers, maybe youd want a trade? Im really only in longkeepers. I tried one clove of each of these and they are good, but each different enough I think it would be good to try as many types I can.
They are nice and big from wegrowgarlic. Although I had added two of each type to my order and they forgot to ship those. they said the same person who packed it, messed up on other orders, and they will ship out the rest soon, so as long as they do that, I am VERY VERY happy with the order. Great prices to I think.
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Garlic
Aug 20, 2009 6:38:14 GMT -5
Post by PatrickW on Aug 20, 2009 6:38:14 GMT -5
Hi SS, Everything you grow yourself will last longer than what you buy. Probably the silverskin types are the longest lasting, but this is also the most common commercial softneck garlic and so also one of the most boring. By the way, you can see what I means about the types here: www.patnsteph.net/weblog/2007/08/garlic-types/Most of the hardneck types (porcelain, purple stripes, rocambole, etc) are pretty good keepers. The artichokes and asiatics are not good keepers. The thing is when you grow your own garlic, how well it keeps almost isn't important. Besides keeping longer than purchased garlic, come spring it's possible to harvest garlic greens and 'spring garlic' (like spring onions), and use this fresh (be sure to plant all of your smaller leftover cloves in a special place for this purpose). Several weeks later the bulbs have developed enough to harvest 'fresh' garlic, and finally the main harvest arrives. If you have garlic in your garden, you're never without good fresh garlic! But anyway, to give you a direct answer to your question, Chilean Silver and Silver Rose are my two silverskins. Except for cuban purple and creole red (which are not long keeping creole types), I think the rest of my varieties with purple or red in the names are purple stripes. I think Simonetti is a purple stripe, so they should do as well or better than this. |
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Garlic
Aug 30, 2009 11:41:03 GMT -5
Post by elkwc36 on Aug 30, 2009 11:41:03 GMT -5
A great list Patrick. I have a few of th ones you listed. And will plant several new ones this year. I will add for those in the US who might want to try a bulb or two of something different you can email me and I will send you a list of my extras. Jay
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Garlic
Sept 2, 2009 23:53:21 GMT -5
Post by castanea on Sept 2, 2009 23:53:21 GMT -5
I've done it before without any problem! It's really a political issue more than anything else. During the Bush war on terror, it was impossible to get this kind of thing through. I don't think it's much of a problem now. After all containers full of garlic come in from China every day. Do you think anyone cares if this is full of disease, and do you think any of this has a phyto cert? There's no real reason to keep a box of garlic from entering the US, and I think the Obama administration is a little more practical in this respect than most previous administrations. The way it generally works, and this has nothing to do with who is President, is that the large corporations that import food stuffs into the US are treated differently than individuals. Individuals have to follow all the import rules to the letter or face fines. Corporations can be much more lax. The same thing applies to tax laws. If you have power or money, the rules don't always apply to you. |
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