They look healthy! I had a couple of wet days before my harvest and the stems began to get some black dots from fungi/mold. Next year I try not to harvest them too late. Before you dry them I would remove the dirt from the roots first. The skin however should be left untouched, it’s a bit delicate at that stage, and you don’t want to remove/damage it.
damar-wulan
Most people said not to plant store bought garlic because they were given treatments before being sold. So it will never grow,or it will not be healthy even if it’s successfuly planted. It’s true for some imported produces,they were given some treatments. Local produces are not i believe.
One-Locksmith-2679
How did you plant the store bought garlic?
MistressLyda
It is frowned upon here in Norway due to potential pathogens. Not as much of a issue as with potatoes (as potato farming is common here, garlic farming less so), but still a factor that I choose to take in consideration.
Mikerk
It’s actually illegal to do that in Idaho with onions/garlic/potatoes.
It’s about controlling a fungal disease called white rot. Bulbs get inspected and certified disease free, and bulbs from the grocery store do not.
mtleising
I’ve heard that too, so I bought bulbs for cheap towards the end of the season from the farmers market and that worked like a charm. Not sure why it’s so expensive to buy bulbs from the seed companies. Must be the variety they’re selling I guess.
night-theatre
IMO Disease is the biggest issue with putting store bought produce in your gardening beds. You never know what that crop was suffering from before reaching market.
Most farmers use F1 genetics meaning they’re hybrids (thinking about tomatoes and peppers here) and the offspring won’t have the same genetic expressions. You as the home grower won’t know what the expressions are supposed to be and for many that’s okay, but often times, you’re unknowingly losing a gene that the breeder wanted in there.
MonneyTreez
Container or in the ground? What time of year did you plant the cloves?
More importantly… how do they taste?
Ensign_Kitty
It’s a biosecurity thing. Supermarket fruit and veg may introduce diseases into the soil. If you are going to plant fruit and vegetables from the supermarket do it in a pot. Some of these diseases are really destructive.
Devils_Advocate-69
Are they just store bought bulbs with leaves now?
ecnyrpthe
I understand the concern with disease on grocery store produce, but by the same logic it would mean you shouldn’t add store produce scraps to your compost.
Kcthonian
Very awesome! Any specific dishes in mind to use them in?
beermaker
I grew 3 varieties from bulbs meant for planting & one variety from a bulk garlic buy at costco… the costco variety grew healthier & bigger than the heirloom varieties I’d selected at the nursery.
I gave away a couple dozen heads & have a couple dozen for our own use. I’ll be planting garlic in that space again this fall.
Captainpooppants1331
It’s your garlic, it’s your garden, so as you please.
TheFretfulOrangutan
Interesting. I spent a lot of money over 3 years buying from a UK company called ‘isle of wight garlic farm’ and for 3 years failed to get any alliums that weren’t mouldy. From the advice of other people in this sub, seems like they all had white rot. Maybe I should contact the company?
KingCodyBill
The reason you should only the ones from Gurneys for example is that they are USDA certified disease free. and you should plant them in the fall https://www.gurneys.com/search?keyword=garlic
SmokyMountain5
These look like hardneck garlic?
I’ve never seen those in the grocery store here. It’s all softneck garlic which wouldn’t grow well in the cold temperatures where I live.
HereAgain345
People say… lots of things.
Well done! 👍
Terrykrinkle
The problem with planting store bought is a few reasons.
1. No way to know what variety hard neck or soft neck I got EXTREMELY lucky that mine was a hard neck. Could have been bad.
2. If not organic they spray them to pause the growing when in storage so chances are you could get dwarfed garlic and just waste time. They modify garlic ALOT
syberphunk
I haven’t heard anyone in the UK saying no to planting crops from shop bought foods.
I’ve had all sorts happily growing, including purple potatoes that asda no longer sells.
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Why do people say no?
They look healthy! I had a couple of wet days before my harvest and the stems began to get some black dots from fungi/mold. Next year I try not to harvest them too late.
Before you dry them I would remove the dirt from the roots first. The skin however should be left untouched, it’s a bit delicate at that stage, and you don’t want to remove/damage it.
Most people said not to plant store bought garlic because they were given treatments before being sold. So it will never grow,or it will not be healthy even if it’s successfuly planted. It’s true for some imported produces,they were given some treatments. Local produces are not i believe.
How did you plant the store bought garlic?
It is frowned upon here in Norway due to potential pathogens. Not as much of a issue as with potatoes (as potato farming is common here, garlic farming less so), but still a factor that I choose to take in consideration.
It’s actually illegal to do that in Idaho with onions/garlic/potatoes.
It’s about controlling a fungal disease called white rot. Bulbs get inspected and certified disease free, and bulbs from the grocery store do not.
I’ve heard that too, so I bought bulbs for cheap towards the end of the season from the farmers market and that worked like a charm. Not sure why it’s so expensive to buy bulbs from the seed companies. Must be the variety they’re selling I guess.
IMO Disease is the biggest issue with putting store bought produce in your gardening beds. You never know what that crop was suffering from before reaching market.
Most farmers use F1 genetics meaning they’re hybrids (thinking about tomatoes and peppers here) and the offspring won’t have the same genetic expressions. You as the home grower won’t know what the expressions are supposed to be and for many that’s okay, but often times, you’re unknowingly losing a gene that the breeder wanted in there.
Container or in the ground? What time of year did you plant the cloves?
More importantly… how do they taste?
It’s a biosecurity thing. Supermarket fruit and veg may introduce diseases into the soil.
If you are going to plant fruit and vegetables from the supermarket do it in a pot. Some of these diseases are really destructive.
Are they just store bought bulbs with leaves now?
I understand the concern with disease on grocery store produce, but by the same logic it would mean you shouldn’t add store produce scraps to your compost.
Very awesome! Any specific dishes in mind to use them in?
I grew 3 varieties from bulbs meant for planting & one variety from a bulk garlic buy at costco… the costco variety grew healthier & bigger than the heirloom varieties I’d selected at the nursery.
I gave away a couple dozen heads & have a couple dozen for our own use. I’ll be planting garlic in that space again this fall.
It’s your garlic, it’s your garden, so as you please.
Interesting. I spent a lot of money over 3 years buying from a UK company called ‘isle of wight garlic farm’ and for 3 years failed to get any alliums that weren’t mouldy. From the advice of other people in this sub, seems like they all had white rot. Maybe I should contact the company?
The reason you should only the ones from Gurneys for example is that they are USDA certified disease free. and you should plant them in the fall https://www.gurneys.com/search?keyword=garlic
These look like hardneck garlic?
I’ve never seen those in the grocery store here. It’s all softneck garlic which wouldn’t grow well in the cold temperatures where I live.
People say… lots of things.
Well done! 👍
The problem with planting store bought is a few reasons.
1. No way to know what variety hard neck or soft neck I got EXTREMELY lucky that mine was a hard neck. Could have been bad.
2. If not organic they spray them to pause the growing when in storage so chances are you could get dwarfed garlic and just waste time. They modify garlic ALOT
I haven’t heard anyone in the UK saying no to planting crops from shop bought foods.
I’ve had all sorts happily growing, including purple potatoes that asda no longer sells.