Planting grocery store garlic?

[Dace]

I was at the store getting garlic and noticed some of the heads were sprouting...can I plant those in my garden or not?

 

[ORChick]

Its the wrong time of year to plant garlic - but maybe in way, way southern CA that doesn't matter so much. You would certainly get garlic greens from it - think thicker garlic chives. If they are sprouting already anyway I should think it would be worth the experiment .

 

[Dace]

Garlic chives? AWESOME! I am good with that!

 

[big brown horse]

The ones in my garden are all from the grocery store. When they start sprouting, I put them in the ground.

 

[2dream]

All the garlic I planted this year is from the grocery store. I ordered some but it arrived to late to plant. My grocery store garlic has done well so far.

 

[DrakeMaiden]

Be careful though, I heard they are having disease problems with the garlic being grown in California. If your garlic is from CA, maybe plant somewhere you don't intend to grow garlic long-term, just in case.

 

[Aidenbaby]

The garlic I have in the back yard is also from the grocery store. I don't remember when I planted it but it's been in the ground for a couple of years, maybe two. I honestly didn't think it would grow and then I didn't know when to harvest.

 

[big brown horse]

Be careful though, I heard they are having disease problems with the garlic being grown in California. If your garlic is from CA, maybe plant somewhere you don't intend to grow garlic long-term, just in case.

Oh, GREAT!! Yet another thing to worry about!

 

[Mackay]

Did you know that 70 percent of the garlic sold in the US comes from China? Thats what I heard from a garlic producer in Idaho.

 

[keljonma]

Locally, most of the garlic IS from China. Although about 2% of it is from California. Another good reason to grow your own!