Garlic Early Red Italian (softneck)

Deliciously smooth, with medium pungency, Early Red Italian is a softneck garlic that can be harvested 1 to 2 weeks ahead of other varieties, at just about the time when the prior year's supply is about depleted. This cultivar also holds very well, lasting seven to eight months in a cool, dry, well ventilated spot. Bulbs contain 11-18 plump, round, creamy cloves. Early Red Italian garlic tolerates hot spring weather better than many other varieties.

Why Grow Garlic?

• The best reason to grow fresh garlic - flavor!
• Growing garlic allows you to choose the intensity and subtle qualities you prefer; rich and deep, sweet and buttery, or bold and biting
• In addition to the bulbs, the garlic flower shoots, or scapes, that develop on hardneck types provide early season flavor for delicious stir-fries, scrambled eggs, salad dressings and pestos
• Deer, rabbits and rodents ignore garlic and other members of the onion family; you get to savor what you planted

Learn about garlic bulb size and what what means for you, here: Seed Garlic vs Culinary Garlic

Which should you choose, hardneck and softneck garlic? Check out Garlic: Hardneck vs Softneck   

Note: Agriculture department quarantines forbid the sale of garlic bulbs to Idaho, Washington State and Malheur County, OR. Sorry.