Aorangi Marbled Purple Stripe Garlic

Aorangi Marbled Purple Stripe garlic is a strong, peppery flavoured hard-neck garlic which keeps well through winter. It's grown right here at our nursery.

These are large bulbs, and a pack of 5 bulbs weighs almost 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.

As with all hard-neck types, it has a central flower stem, surrounded by segments in a single layer, with 7-10 large segments in each bulb.

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 MPS garlic is best planted by the end of June, and should be harvested in 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 late September and again in 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

Select the pack size below.