Seed Garlic: Russian Giant

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THIS IS A PRE-ORDER, SHIPPING APPROXIMATELY SEPTEMBER 20TH. We will hold your ENTIRE order until then.

Please note: Seed garlic is a living product and orders may need to be adjusted after the drying period and final weights are taken. Super early frost? Need to plant asap? Put a note on your order.

Bulk Discount: 10% off when you order 3+ total pounds, any combination, automatically taken at checkout. Sold by the 1/2 pound.

Grown by Farragut Farm in a remote, roadless bay about 25 miles north of Petersburg in Southeast Alaska. They are uncertified organic, caring for and improving the soil everyday. This is not your standard culinary garlic and has been meticulously bred by bulbils specifically for seed. Bulbil grown seed garlic is a long and laborious process that is significantly less likely to have soil borne disease. This seed is many years in the making and we are so proud to offer such an exceptional product from the best of Alaskan growers.

Russian Giant is a Marbled Purple Stripe garlic with a rich flavor that is very hot when raw. Very large heads with fat cloves are great for beginners and new growers can achieve first year success more easily with Russian Giant than with most other varieties. The heads are broken into 4 to 8 equally sized huge and very pretty cloves. No small cloves to peel makes this a cook's favorite. It pulls a bit harder in heavy soils than is ideal for commercial production but is a wonderful variety for the home gardener. Great storage.

Sold by the 1/2 pound. Seed garlic is a clone of the parent plant. You will receive what you see pictured. 4-8 cloves per bulb, 6-8 bulbs per pound. Approximately 24-64 plants per pound. If planting 6" apart in a grid pattern, approximately 50 plants will fill a 4 x 4' bed.

FROM THE GROWERS

This Farragut Farm garlic seed is propagated from bulbils, the small aerial cloves produced by a mature garlic scape. Each bulbil is grown out for two years before it is harvested as a full size, seed quality bulb. Seed garlic grown out from bulbils has the distinct advantage that it is more likely to be free of soil borne diseases.

Some garlic growers are marketing first generation bulbils as seed garlic. The third generation garlic seed you get from Farragut Farm has already been "sized up" for two years and will produce large, kitchen ready garlic bulbs for you right away. Please plant in your best soil and provide adequate space of at least 6" between your garlic plants. 8" is even better. Garlic is a heavy feeder and you will get much larger bulbs if you provide your garlic with lots of growing room and really nice soil.

PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS

Keep your garlic at room temperature in a well aerated place until it is time to plant. Do not store garlic in the refrigerator. Keep bulbs whole until just before planting.

Sow in the fall just after the first or second light frost of the season. Plant into nutrient-rich, well-drained soil. Waterlogged soil will cause rot.

Place the end where the cloves was attached to the bulb down 2-3" deep . Mulch with 1-3" of leaves, straw, seaweed, etc to keep soil insulated until spring.