Garlic ~ Spanish Rojo

Description

About Spanish Rojo

Spanish Rojo, a hard neck garlic, produces a smaller bulb with an earthy flavor with a spicey, medium hot bite.

Price is per bulb. A clove typically produces a bulb when planted. Because the bulbs are smaller and made up of 8 to 10 cloves, it a good size for smaller meals. Of course, you may always use more cloves in a dish if you need more. Bulbs are 3/4 to 1 inch in diameter by 1 in tall.

Spanish Rojo as a rocambole garlic grows a thinner skin and may not store as long as other varieties.

The seeds produced from the flower are suitable for soups and other dishes if you choose to grow them.

I have found garlic I have grown does best when planted above a sandy sub-soil giving it a well-drained environment.

Please Note the Following:

Garlic scapes, the top part of the stalk, generally appears in May and when removed promote larger bulbs. The scapes make a delicious pesto, top off a salad or casserole, or an addition to scrambled eggs. Choosing to leave the scapes  may result in smaller bulbs. You might want to leave some scapes and remove some scapes to get the best of both worlds. Learn how to use scapes by clicking on this link:  Garlic: Year 3 – A Country Girl’s Heart -Beats that Matter

Garlic ‘seeds’ can be planted but require 2 growing seasons to produce a bulb. Planting cloves will produce a larger bulb in a shorter time frame (1 growing season: fall to mid-summer).

To read more about growing and using garlic click one of the links below:

How to Raise Garlic: Production and Storage

5 Ways to Use Garlic