Buy Organic Garlic Clove Specials

We are sold out for 2015. Thank you to all our customers! Have a wonderful holiday season.

At Grey Duck Garlic we sell the finest gourmet garlic. All our garlic is organically grown and is suitable for seed garlic or for eating garlic. Our garlic farm has tested negative for garlic bloat nematodes Ditylenchus dipsaci.

Right: Three savory Bogatyr garlic bulbs rest near a mossy rock.

Whether you are a novice or experienced garlic grower we have some fun resources for you. New garlic growers should check out our First Time Garlic Grower's Guide, how to grow organic garlic or our frequently asked garlic questions. Experienced gardeners may want to read our guide to growing really big garlic bulbs, how to market garlic, or why we grow organically.

Clove Planting Specials (Sold Out for 2015)

Our garlic planting specials contain plump garlic cloves ready to grow into big tasty garlic bulbs. We sort our garlic carefully and only send out nice clean cloves that we would use ourselves for planting. Larger cloves produce larger bulbs. With cloves you have no waste and can plant right away.

All Garlic Clove Specials have free shipping and handling. Garlic will ship in the fall. Please select your preferred shipping date when ordering garlic. To avoid worry please select the time period before you need to plant for shipping. That way your shipment will reach you in time.

CLOVES: We clove and sort the seed garlic for you. This means we break open the garlic bulbs and sort the cloves. You receive uniform planting garlic cloves. With garlic cloves, you can plant right away, the resulting garlic is more uniform and there is no waste. Cloves save you time and money!

Picture: A handful of Chesnok Red garlic bulbs.

Note on Shipping Date: Please select your desired shipping date (it should be several weeks before you need to plant so you don't have to worry). We clove garlic bulbs right before we ship it to you so it is fresh. Warmer climates should plant garlic later in October. We plant in late October here in WA. Studies show that planting later in the fall results in bigger bulbs.

For a USDA climate zone map and more information see our Garlic Planting Page.

Garlic Bulbils

Bulbils are the small seedlike bulbs that form on top of hardneck garlic. You can grow high quality hardneck garlic from bulbils or you can sprout the small bulbils and use as a healthy addition in cooking or salads.

Bulbils are very small so it normally takes 2-3 years to grow full sized garlic from bulbils. For those with patience, it can be an economical way to try new garlics and expand your garlic stock. Please see our page on growing bulbils for more information.

Picture: Bogatyr bulbils in their 'seedhead'.

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Garlic Planting Chart

For a USDA climate zone map and more information see our Garlic Planting Page.

Note on Shipping Date: Please select your preferred shipping date when ordering garlic. To avoid worry please select the time period before you need to plant for shipping. That way your shipment will reach you in time. We clove garlic bulbs right before we ship it to you so it is fresh. See our chart.

Eight Top Tips for Terrific Garlic

1) Start with big healthy garlic cloves to plant.

2) Select the right garlic variety for your climate. you may need to experiment to see which varieties work bast for you.

3) Prepare a good planting bed for garlic cloves; soil should be loose and well draining. Garlic hates wet roots and will have small or rotten bulbs if soil is too wet.

4) Add lots of organic matter; garlic likes lots of nitrogen.

5) Plant garlic cloves late in the fall for the biggest bulbs.

6) Keep garlic well weeded.

7) Harvest at the right time; when plants have 3-4 dried bottom leaves and the top leaves are still green.

8) Cure (dry) garlic bulbs carefully to make the garlic last all winter long.

For more detailed information see How to Grow Organic Garlic, Southern Garlic Growers Guide, How to Grow Really Big Garlic, Frequently Asked Questions, or First Time Garlic Grower's Guide.

Some counties in Idaho and Washington prohibit importation of alliums including garlic, onions, leeks, shallots or chives. If you live in one of those counties you cannot buy garlic from outside sources. For a list of the counties and why they prohibit alliums see shipping.