[Maddox]

Hi All

Does anyone know where I can get Elephant Garlic from, Ive looked at the Garlic Farm and they are charging 12 for £9 which seems a bit steep or is that the going rate?

Many thanks

Maddox

[scattybiker1972]

try dobies not sure how much it is tho,i just bought solent wight,there huge!

[sellickbhoy]

12 bulbs?

i don't think that's too bad actually - get 8 cloves per bulb

[Maddox]

Opps sorry its 12 cloves not bulbs.

Maddox

[doganjo]

Huh!  I just got garlic in Morrisons for 95p - admittedly not the elephant type but big enough for me to plant out and eat - mmm lovely baked in extra virgin olive oil.  Why do you need the giant ones?

[JD]

Just checked the Marshalls catalogue and they are charging £12.95 for 6 cloves.
JD

[Maddox]

Hi

Just thought I would give them a go Doganjo, I do bootsale stall, its just something new that not many have seen before, just keeps the customers interested.

So £12  isnt too bad then Jd, thanks for looking.

[sellickbhoy]

Just checked the Marshalls catalogue and they are charging £12.95 for 6 cloves.
JD

OUCH!!!

i would recommend any of the Scottish members just by some of the Really Garlicky company - http://www.reallygarlicky.co.uk/ - garlic

Tescos (boooo) sell it

But it's grown up in my home town of Nairn, so should do really well here (I did plant a few cloves last year and they came good)

I think you can get 3 bulbs form tesco for less than £1, so cheap enough too. (ok, i promise not to plug tesco again - but that's where i got mine!)

[scattybiker1972]

problem with buying garlic from a supermarket is the plants are usually spanish so might not do well here.better to buy variaty for this country from a grower,and keep a bulb or 2  to replant,so buy extra  and then you will be self sufficient in garlic.so costs work out ok in the end.   

[sellickbhoy]

thats why i suggested the really garlicky company - it's grown in scotland

[Birdie Wife]

I can vouch for the porcelain garlic from the Really Garlicky COmpany too - it did really well in this climate, and the cloves were lovely and fat.  It was second best in my productivity trials this year - first place went to the Purple Moldovan from T&M, but that was from bought in stock rather than home saved like the porcelain, plus I don't think it will store quite as well. 

[northfifeduckling]

trouble is that Elephant garlic is not the same as ordinary garlic. as far as I know it's more of a leek you get one giant bulb from rather than bulbs with single cloves. the garlicy company specialists would be my best bet. I have grown ordinary shop garlic a lot, more waste not want not thinking if they start sprouting anyway, but they tend to grow quite small bulbs. better than chucking them on the heap though

[scattybiker1972]

marshalls emailed me the newsletter today and they have 12 jumbo cloves for 8.95

www.marshalls-seeds.co.uk/elephant-garlic-jumbo-cloves-pid2430.html

[Elissian]

Elephant garlic is much milder than other garlics, it's more like an onion with a garlicky flavour. if you like your garlic to sit up and bite you you'll be dissapointed but if you just fancy something different, why not.