I never get large cloves, but use it anyway. I also use the bulblets at the top for herbal vinegars and salads and cooking.
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Last year some of my garlic I harvested and stored after I thought it was dry, but it became moldy. Some years it dries up and is tough, other years it molds in storage.
Grove City, OH (Zone 6a) | January 2003 | positive
Rocambole is more ornamental than common softneck garlic; it does not flower, yet its flowering stalk grows in a loop, then produces an e...Read Morenlarged tip that contains many bulblets. These can be planted or eaten. The cloves are larger than the more common softnecked varieties, and are easier to peel.
Plant the cloves in late summer through late winter for a harvest in midsummer.
Allium scorodoprasum is also now as sand leek, giant garlic, Spanish garlic, rocambole. It can be used as regular onion or garlic.
I never get large cloves, but use it anyway. I also use the bulblets at the top for herbal vinegars and salads and cooking.
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Rocambole is more ornamental than common softneck garlic; it does not flower, yet its flowering stalk grows in a loop, then produces an e...Read More