25 Apr 12 Dave Taylor (Australia - sub-tropical climate)
Hi, I've just moved to Brisbane from the UK (where I left a healthy crop including Elephant, Albigensian, Solent and Lautrec White growing on my allotment) and I'm just starting a veg bed here. Where is the best place to get my seed garlic and do you get different varieties or should I just buy a bulb of Australian garlic and plant the cloves?
Dave - I bought Australian grown garlic from the local supermarket and all have sprouted. I noticed it didn't seem to matter what size the cloves were as the small ones sprouted just as well as the large ones.
As I mentioned before some of the Chinese and Mexican garlic won't sprout.
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