Question please, Will Supermarket garlic from the USA grow in the garden if planted ? Do they do anything to stop it growing ?>>>
sumstyle,
Jun 16, 9:36pm
The garlic bulbs from China all have their bottoms cut out, so that it can't be planted, so the US garlic may be the same. NZ garlic clearly still has roots on it, the stuff from China has a concave bottom core.
strathview,
Jun 16, 9:42pm
I looked at the supermarket garlic and queried about it with a friend who works there. She said she had tried to grow it but she thinks it is sprayed with something because she couldn't get it to grow and she can grow most things.
harrislucinda,
Jun 16, 10:03pm
been bleached
nruter,
Jun 17, 5:04am
Perhaps try sitting the cloves in shallow water - if they root they will grow. I start mine off this way.
hazelnut2,
Jun 17, 8:41am
I think the root part is cleanly removed to meet MPI import requirements. imagine how many viruses could be transported if roots were left on?
holmda,
Jun 17, 9:53am
I've grown supermarket garlic from China without a problem. The didn't all sprout, but most did. Some even sprout in my pantry, while some just go rotten.
morticia,
Jun 17, 10:55am
Most of my chinese garlic is about 3 or 4 inches high and doing well. I planted it as cloves about 3 weeks ago and most have taken off. If it will sprout green out the tops, as it usually does sitting in the kitchen, it should grow in some soil. How well it will keep growing or crop remains to be seen, but growing isn't an issue so far.
cleggyboy,
Jun 18, 11:28am
The Chinese stuff is not a patch on our NZ garlic. I would not bother with imported stuff. Those plastic jars of crushed garlic are made from the insipid Chinese stuff.
madam127,
Jun 19, 9:00am
Probably for the best, I understood a lot of Chinese garlic was grown in human excrement due to the low price the govt sets for garlic.
sr2,
Jun 19, 9:33am
+1. No comparison with Kiwi garlic!
harrislucinda,
Jun 19, 9:53am
as in all their vegs
h28skipper,
Oct 29, 5:56am
The garden centres have garlic for growing
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