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Elephant Garlic
Allium ampeloprasum

How fascinating! This huge specimen looks like a garlic and taste like a mild garlic, but actually belongs to the onion and leek family. Aside from its gigantic size, the rave about Elephant Garlic is its milder flavor, especially when served raw or in salads where standard garlic's tend to overwhelm.

About corms: the first season of planting; each corm will grow into one large 'individual clove.' (see pic 2) and, one individual clove with produce the large multi-cloved, Elephant Garlic.

Therefore: it takes '2 seasons for corms' to grow into a full large bulb. And '1 season for a clove' to grow into a full large bulb. Though neither are cheap, corms are more affordable while cloves are quite expensive.

Bonus: The tall swirling scapes which emerge before this plant goes to flower are equally prized for the grill, stir fry's and sauteing. Because Elephant garlic doesn't produce seeds (but instead grows baby corms), cutting the delicious scapes is advised to send added energy to the bulb & corms.

FULL SUN
Zones 7 and below: plant spring or fall.
Zones 8 and above: plant anytime.
SOWING CORMS: Hot water soak 24 hours. Place small nick on bottom. Plant 1" - 'pointed tip-up' - in good, well-draining, composted soil. I also sprinkle sand, peat and Epsom Salt on all my beds with a good watering 1-2 days before planting.

At the end of the first summer/fall, when at least half of the leaves have turned brown, dig up your now cloves and replant at least 6" apart so they will have room to expand. The end of the following season, they will grow into huge Elephant Garlic's!

*ps...Keep your eye's peeled, I also ordered some of the cloves and might/maybe (they're hard to part with) auction 1 or 2 when they arrive. I'm planting both corms and cloves to ensure a continuous growth forward of this season :0]