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Garlic Bulbs - Description
- Pack of French Garlic Bulbs
- Variety: Sabadrome
- Allium Sativum var. Sativum
- Garlic For Autumn / Winter / Spring Sowing
- Harvest July / August
- Quantity: 3 Bulbs Per Pack
- Type: Soft Neck
- Strongly Scented Bulb Divided into Bulbets or Cloves
- Packed Full of Flavour
- Yield: Approx. 16 Cloves Per Bulb
- Suited to Irish Climate
- Colour: Ivory Skin, Pink Cloves
- Hardiness: Very Hardy
- Best Planted Before Christmas to Ensure Germination in Following Spring
- Excellent Taste
- Garlic is Part of the Onion or Allium Family
Garlic Bulbs - Sowing Instructions
- Sowing Time: September to March
- Best sown before the frost
- Divide bulb into cloves & plant
- Spacing: 15cm apart
- Sowing depth = 3 times the height of the bulb
- Soil: Prefers well drained soil
- Not suited to heavy or wet soils
- You can use raised beds or place vermiculite or sand at base of planting hole
- Harvest once leaves have faded and turned brown
- Stores well
Garlic Bulbs - Uses
- Garlic is widely used in a variety of meals
- Great in soups, stews, sauces & curries
Garlic Bulbs - Advantages
- Soft neck garlic is great for storing
- Strong flavour
- Produces many smaller cloves
- Better than shop bought bulbs - These are tested & cleaned bulbs
- Free of disease
- All garlic is great for repelling pests in & around the vegetable plot including
- Carrot fly, aphids & more
- Low cost garlic bulbs
- Faster & more reliable than growing from seed
