Has or does anyone plant store bought garlic?
I see the usual warnings.
It may have been treated to not sprout. All the taters, onions and garlic I’ve ever bought will sprout if I don’t use it fast enough.
It may be diseased. Farmers wouldn’t be in business very long if their veggies had diseases.
Almanac says it could be grown in a warmer climate and not do well where you are. Valid I guess.
I figure if I’m overwintering onions, I might as well try some garlic. Gotta do some grocery shopping anyway so for a few bucks, I can experiment.
Never hurts to try with store-bought garlic. Usually any marked ‘organic’ will have not been sprayed with anything. There are so many things you can re-grow from veggie ‘scraps.’ I always feel GUILTY when I toss the root-end of anything into the compost bucket. ;)
Your winters might not get cold enough for the over-winter FREEZE you need for garlic. I THINK that’s probably what the Almanac is talking about.
I spent a LOT of time cleaning garlic for Seed Savers. It’s beautiful stuff! :)