by "AAaron123" <aaaron123@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
May 17, 2008 at 08:35 AM
We store our garlic during the winter in the garage (central NY) zone 4 and
I wonder which keeps better.
Do you know?
I'm pretty sure we grow hard stem. The wrappings around the outside of the
bulb is thin and often split so they are not as nice looking as what the
stores sell. Is that typical of hard stem varieties?
Thanks
"Pat Kiewicz" <kiewicz@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:20080517-103137.703.0@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> AAaron123 said:
>>
>>
>>I was just reading about softneck garlic and hardneck garlic.
>>
>>Sounds like the softneck garlic keeps better and (I'm not sure about
this)
>>does not have scapes.
>>
>>What I grow has scapes and I wonder if I should get some new Silverskin
>>softneck garlic.
>
> I grow both types. My softneck variety is (probably mostly) "Polish
> Softneck" and my hardneck variety is (probably mostly) "Music."
>
> "Probably mostly" as I have had other varieties before but I am pretty
> sure these two have been the winners in the long run for producing
> consistantly large, quality heads. (I'm not quite up to selecting
garlic
> for subtle differences in flavor; as long as it's not wimpy it's OK by
> me.)
>
>
> My "seed stock" was originally from Territorial Seeds:
>
> http://www.territorialseed.com/prod_detail_list/6
>
> --
> Pat in Plymouth MI ('someplace.net' is comcast)
>
> After enlightenment, the laundry.
>
