Wet Garlic ?

**TEB** · 09-02-2010, 04:08 PM

Its just garlic thats used straight from the ground

**HotStuff** · 09-02-2010, 04:34 PM

Originally posted by Liza View Post

Hi everyone,

I used to get wet garlic in my organic veg box, it looked similar to a spring onion.

Can anyone tell me how to grow them and if they are from seed ?

Thanks.

So presumably if it was like a spring onion it hadn't split into cloves?

If so, it would have been Garlic that wasn't subjected to a period of low temperatures. The Garlic needs a period of low temperature to trigger the vernalisation process which causes it to split into cloves. So my guess would be it was either Spring planted or kept in a warmer environment during it's growth. I tihnk it may also be referred to as Chinese Garlic, but I'm not too sure about that.

**Liza** · 09-02-2010, 04:57 PM

Originally posted by HotStuff View Post

So presumably if it was like a spring onion it hadn't split into cloves?

No cloves, it was like a thick spring onion/thin leek......

but very tasty.....

**zazen999** · 09-02-2010, 05:05 PM

It is garlic taken early; if you sow loads you can start taking wet garlic around March time and use it one plant at a time. As the other plants progress, the cloves start to form and will eventually form individual cloves that we harvest around midsummer and dry out as normal clove garlic.

**Alison** · 09-02-2010, 05:09 PM

Do you mean garlic scapes? If so they are the flowering stem from hard necked garlic and very very tasty.

**zazen999** · 09-02-2010, 05:19 PM

No, it's just garlic that looks like a thick spring onion; the bulb hasn't filled out yet. It's lovely at that point - really mild.

**Liza** · 09-02-2010, 06:07 PM

Thanks peeps.....

Its lush in omlettes to be truthful...now theres tidy

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