When we moved onto our homestead about 3 years ago, we inherited a few patches of elephant garlic. I didn't know what it was at first, so I was reluctant to eat it. But, after some research and positively identifying it, we gave it a try, and it was delicious! It has a very nice, mild garlic flavor. After that, we decided to begin cultivating it in our garden.
I learned that elephant garlic produces several different structure underground; all of which may be used in different ways to start next years crop. Take a look!
I've only grown standard garlic before, but it seems to have similar stages, which I'm still trying to figure out. I'd say that it goes from clove to the single onion shape then splits into the one we know. I feel like this is meant to happen over a single season, but sometimes it takes two. Or maybe it does the single round stage when it's not under suitable conditions, which is pretty much my garden. I usually get my best garlic from the single rounds.
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Garlic is such a great plant, I am glad to see you have some of it on your property. Thanks for sharing this video!
Papa Pepper channel showed tiny but flavorful garlic and that gave me interest in growing garlic too. I only grown regular garlic in my garden, but it would be nice to see wild/feral crops.
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