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While we are certainly passionate about gardening. Make no mistake, that at Hickory Flat Garlic Company, we strive to make others better, make others want to be better and beyond that, we want to make everyone pass that feeling along.
About Garlic
Garlic is a long growing allium that is generally cultivated in the fall and harvested in the following spring/summer. Sowing to reaping generally takes 240-270 days. Garlic requires cold temperature, (between 32 & 50 degrees) in order to stimulate the clove to develop into a bulb.
There are two varieties of garlic, hard-neck and soft-neck. Hard-neck garlic develops a flower-stalk in mid to late spring, which is called a garlic scape. These scapes can be pulled to help increase bulb size. (Scapes are a by product and can be used in cooking to add a mild garlic flavor to any culinary dish.) Hard-neck garlic generally produces larger bulbs, with fewer cloves per bulb. Soft-neck garlic does not produce the flower stalk. They are generally thought to be more suitable for growing in southern climates. Soft-neck garlic is suitable for culinary use, but these bulbs are also braid-able.
