THIS IS A PRE-ORDER, SHIPPING APPROXIMATELY SEPTEMBER 20TH. We will hold your ENTIRE order until then. Super early frost? Need to plant asap? Put a note on your order. We ship by frost date, Northern & Interior AK orders are always first. Bulk Discount: 10% off when you order 3+ total pounds, any combination, automatically taken at checkout. Sold by the 1/2 pound. Grown by Farragut Farm in a remote, roadless bay about 25 miles north of Petersburg in Southeast Alaska. They are uncertified organic, caring for and improving the soil everyday. Killarney Red is an outstanding Rocambole that came from an improvement on a Spanish Roja strain after being bred in the mountains of Idaho for better adaptability to wet conditions and vigor. This is a good beginner variety and will produce well in less than ideal growing conditions. Killarney Red is also a great variety for seed stewards who would like to experiment with propagation from bulbils. It produces very large bulbils that increase back up to full size heads in just 2 or 3 generations. Easy to peel cloves with mild flavor raw and sweet undertones. Not an exceptional keeper. Rocambole garlic is a type of hardneck and one of the most widely grown garlic families. It is known for having a deep, rich, complex flavor and is often the first choice of chefs. Sold by the 1/2 pound. Seed garlic is a clone of the parent plant. You will receive what you see pictured. 5-10 cloves per bulb , 8-10 bulbs per pound. Approximately 40-100 plants per pound. If planting 6" apart in a grid pattern, approximately 50 plants will fill a 4 x 4' bed. FROM THE GROWERS This Farragut Farm garlic seed is propagated from bulbils, the small aerial cloves produced by a mature garlic scape. Each bulbil is grown out for two years before it is harvested as a full size, seed quality bulb. Seed garlic grown out from bulbils has the distinct advantage that it is more likely to be free of soil borne diseases. PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS Keep your garlic at room temperature in a well aerated place until it is time to plant. Do not store garlic in the refrigerator. Keep bulbs whole until just before planting. Sow in the fall just after the first or second light frost of the season but while the soil is still workable. Plant into well-drained soil. Waterlogged soil will cause rot. Plant at least 6" between your cloves, 8" is even better. Garlic is a heavy feeder and you will get much larger bulbs if you provide it with lots of growing room and nice fertile soil. Place the end where the cloves was attached to the bulb down 2-3" deep . Mulch with 1-3" of leaves, straw, seaweed, etc to keep soil insulated until spring.