Aorangi Cream Artichoke Garlic

Aorangi 'Cream Artichoke' garlic has a medium to strong flavour. It has a storage life of up to six months and is grown right here at our nursery.

We're not certain of the exact origin or cultivar name of this garlic but it is an Artichoke type. Artichoke garlics are so named as they look similar to an artichoke in cross section. They are soft-neck garlics (no central stem) and have nine to ten large cloves in each bulb. We've named it Aorangi Cream Artichoke as the bulb skins and cloves are cream coloured, especially in comparison with our Blush Artichoke cultivar. This cultivar has a very standard Artichoke garlic cross section with several concentric rings of cloves.

Artichoke garlics are suitable for growing in any areas of New Zealand and are easier to grow and higher yielding than Printanor, the more common garlic grown in New Zealand.

These are large bulbs, 65mm or more. A pack of 5 bulbs weighs around 400g, making this exceptional value compared with garlic selling upwards of $40/kg in supermarkets, and seed garlic costing much more per bulb elsewhere as well.

Please note that due to wet weather we had a late harvest of this crop and the bulbs look a bit 'scruffy' compared with past years. They're starting to split open a bit, but this has no effect on the garlic and it can still be planted and/or eaten as usual.

Break the bulbs into individual cloves and plant them in rows 2-3cm deep with 8-10cm between cloves. If you have more than one row, space the rows 20cm apart to make sure all the plants get plenty of light.

Aorangi Cream Artichoke is best planted from mid May onwards, and should be harvested in mid to late December. Don't go by the old 'plant on shortest day, harvest on the longest day' theory. Plant according to what each variety needs and harvest it when it is ready.

Fertilise with general purpose fertiliser in early September and again in early November to boost the plants for their final growth push. No fertiliser is needed at planting time.

Please note that garlic and shallots are shipped in May/June and freight is charged separately from other bulb orders

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