Uzbekistan - Seed Garlic | Rasa Creek Farm, BC Canada

Umbels and bulbs ORGANIC ONLY Open Store Uzbekistan Rocambole Allium Sativum Ophioscorodon Personality profile: Casual and saucy, this baby prefers to be called "Oozbeck," and is often seen behind the wheel of a BMW convertible, wind whipping its silk scarf trailing behind and the open road stretched into infinity. Long lasting flavor and great accompaniment to any dish.   Cloves: Averages 8 medium sized cloves per bulb that are slender and attractively arrayed in a single ring around the scape core. Wonderful purple blotching on the outer wrappers and pink or earth tone on the clove itself. Bulbils: The horticultural group derives its name from the turban shaped umbel, which contain small to medium sized bulbils. Figure on about 40-60 usable bulbils and discard the smaller ones. Growing: Early to emerge, early to harvest, Turbans will be your first garlic of the season. The plant itself is rather weak looking, with generous leaf spacing and flimsy pseudostems that may just refuse to hold the plant up even while still growing, but don't be discouraged. The scapes don't fully curl but since you don't really need to remove them to promote bulbing you can just leave them on if you like. Mr. Meredith writes, "A Thai restaurant I once frequented used large quantities of barely chopped garlic in some of their dishes, so that garlic was not only a flavoring but also a vegetable. I often use Turban in this way in spicy cuisines." Harvest: Earliest. Storage: Turbans have the shortest storage period of all, even shorter than Rocamboles. Expect 3-5 months but consider eating your turbans first. Pedigree: Via Your Local Farmacy, Lumby, BC.