Details on Growing Music Garlic
- Type: hardneck porcelain (continental garlic)
- Color:
- shiny white sheath
- pink-tinged clove skins
- Maturity: ?
- Size:
- 2″ and larger diameter bulbs
- 4-6 very large cloves per bulb
- Yield:
- Taste:
- great classic garlic flavor
- slightly spicy
- incredibly flavorful
- Disease or Environmental Tolerance:
- “Disease resistant” per Peaceful Valley Farm
- susceptible to Stem & Bulb Nematodes
- Temperatures: very cold hardy
Notes:
- very easy to grow
- one of the most popular types to grow
- easy to peel!
Sources: (where to buy)
Results from My Garden with Music Garlic:
Garlic interplanted with potatoes
- This is our favorite garlic to grow. Large cloves that are easy to peel are the biggest reasons – and it has wonderful flavor
- 2010-2011: first year of stem & bulb nematode infection
- 2014-201: testing wider spacing (6×12) against 6×6
| Season | source | Planted | Qty | spacing | Harvested | days | Qty | lbs | avg size | disease |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-2008 | PVFS | 11/24 | ? | 12×16″ | 6/? | ~182days | no records kept | one top-set | ||
| 2010-2011 | PVFS | 10/13 | 3 heads = 10 cloves | 4×14″ | 5/18 | 217days | 7heads | no record | S&B (30%) | |
| 2011-2012 | PVFS | 11/19 | 24 cloves | 4×18″ | 6/2 | 196days | 19heads | 3.8 lbs | 3.3 oz | S&B (20%) |
| 11/28 | 8 cloves | 6×6″ | 6/2 | 187days | 9heads | 3.5 lbs | 6.2 oz | |||
| 2013-2014 | PVFS | 11/8 | 50 cloves | 5×6″ | 6/14 | 218days | 36heads | 2.1 lbs | 0.9oz | S&B (28%) |
| 2014-2015 | PVFS | 10/24 | 10 cloves | 6×12″ | test | |||||
| 40 cloves | 6×6″ | control | ||||||||