Printanor Garlic

Flavoursome and long-keeping, our Printanor is grown right here in New Zealand at our own bulb farm.

Printanor is a Silverskin garlic and is a soft-neck garlic, meaning it has no central flower stem. Silverskin types have many cloves when broken apart, up to 30 in each bulb. While all cloves can be used for cooking, only the largest third or even quarter of the cloves should be planted - smaller cloves will grow but they will only produce small, disappointing bulbs when harvested.

Break the bulbs into individual cloves and plant only the largest quarter to third in rows 2-3cm deep with 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.

Printanor is best planted after the shortest day, as late as early August, and harvested when it is ready to harvest, which is often late January. 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 them for their final growth push. No fertiliser is needed at planting time.

• Joe: Mild aroma and flavour, classic Kiwi garlic taste.
• Marty: Grows well in the Mainland, mild flavour, harder to handle with many small cloves.

Please note that garlic and shallots are shipped from mid March to June, separate from flower bulbs, and freight is charged separately from other bulb orders

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