Elephant garlic cultivation report

It’s like garlic, not garlic! ?? The unique ball-shaped flower is a must-see!

Hi. I’m Katinka, a jumbo garlic fairy. As the name suggests, jumbo garlic, which is about the size of a baseball ball. Recently, I’ve come to see supermarkets, but I actually say garlic, but it’s not garlic. It’s a leek, a companion to Western onions. Although it is called garlic, it does not have a strong odor or spiciness, and it has a slightly green onion-like taste or watery taste, but it has an excellent antioxidant effect and prevents cholesterol oxidation. , Prevents arteriosclerosis and suppresses the rise of cholesterol level. Also, like garlic, it promotes blood circulation, so eating it will make your limbs warm. Oh, and this is the best feature, but in June, a ball-shaped flower like a green onion, the so-called “green onion shaved”, blooms, but this has changed again, because it is a pretty beautiful and cute flower shape and color, so this is also I’m looking forward to it.

Elefan and garlic “almost weekly” cultivation report

10/11start
Seed planting
Katinka
A jumbo garlic seed ball that seems to be about the size of a bunch of garlic. While suppressing the urge to eat as it is, it is good to plant it in the autumn when it is neither hot nor cold.
10/18
Germination
Katinka
The buds come out quickly!
10/25
The leaves start to grow
Katinka
It starts to grow sharply
11/1
Leaves spring up one after another
Katinka
The second and third leaves will come out like a banzai.
11/8
The third piece. extend
Katinka
It’s vertical.
11/15
The leaves begin to bend
Katinka
The art of folding paper cranes! There is no such thing as saying. As the leaves grow longer, they weigh more.
11/22
Leaves increase again
Katinka
The 5th one came out! It seems that the leaves are increasing in a hurry before the cold season comes.
11/29
Stems start to grow
Katinka
It will look like green onions from this point. The stem is thick and grows long
12/12
Stems grow and leaves grow even more
Katinka
Looking at it like this, the leaves have become quite long. It’s on the ground!
12/20
The leaves are huge
Katinka
The leaves have become quite wide and thick. This will withstand the cold of winter
12/27
Growth stop?
Katinka
Elephant garlic that goes into hibernation as if it realized the year-end and New Year holidays
1/3
Does elephant garlic go into hibernation?
Katinka
Happy New Year! Rather, it’s a good night hibernating elephant garlic.
1/10
During hibernation (?)
Katinka
It’s the season when it’s finally time to fight the cold … but the appearance and pose haven’t changed.
1/24
During hibernation (?)
Katinka
The season is very cold. I’ll endure the harsh cold while withering the leaves. By going through the cold, you can get fruit after spring.
1/31
Still hibernating!
Katinka
It’s reminiscent of a monk who endures rigorous training. Even the posture and the pose of the leaves haven’t changed!
2/14
Still still hibernating
Katinka
The toughest climate of the year, February. At this time of year, there is a lot of rain and snow, and even weeds do not grow around. As usual, it’s the days of “training” while dying the leaves without breaking one posture.
2/21
Still still still still hibernating
Katinka
Can 5 leaves endure this winter as it is? However, the color of the leaves is amazing because it is lush even in this desolate season.
2/28
No change at all. Unchanged
Katinka
February is over today. Sometimes warm winds blow, but it’s still cold in the middle of winter. I haven’t made a slight movement since stopped growing on New Year’s Day.
3/7
Survive winter
Katinka
It’s finally March. It’s finally getting warmer. Its appearance, which has endured a winter, hasn’t changed much from the end of last year, but it has become strong and has acquired the power to make elephant garlic seed balls.
3/20
The leaves start to grow again
Katinka
The activity is finally resumed. New leaves have begun to grow, and plant height has also begun to grow.
3/28
Young leaves begin to appear
Katinka
From the center of the stem, you can see young yellow leaves like a fountain! I feel spring
4/4
Leaves spread
Katinka
It has become a dynamic figure as if the leaves started stretching exercises with the whole body toward the warm sunlight.
4/11
The leaves are huge
Katinka
It’s a big leaf like a gymnosperm in the South Sea, which is different from the five thin leaves in the middle of winter.
4/18
The stem begins to grow again
Katinka
Leaves spring up from the center of the stem and spread to the left and right while growing large. You’re putting out all the power you’ve accumulated during the winter
4/25
The number of leaves doubled. The plant height also grows
Katinka
Its appearance full of vitality, which looks like a mantis-like pose with a sickle lifted. It’s a lie that it didn’t change at all during the winter, and it’s impressive that it grows every day.
5/2
The stem is thick. Start straight up
Katinka
The thickness of this stem is still quite different from that of garlic. It ’s a green onion, it ’s already corn-level thick.
5/9
Plant height is over 1m
Katinka
When I notice it, it’s finally huge! The stem has also become thicker. This isn’t garlic, isn’t it? It’s like a houseplant
5/16
Flower buds have come out!
Katinka
It came out from the tallest leaf stem. Normally, I pick these flower buds to nourish the seed balls, but this time I will grow them as they are to appreciate the flowers.
5/23
The buds are wrapped
Katinka
This dwarf head in the forest looks like a bud, but it actually contains a lot of buds. It’s almost green onions.
6/6
The package swells and grows
Katinka
The buds inside have grown and grown, and the wraps have become rounder and bigger. So, this flower bud doesn’t have leaves.
6/13
The package burst! The bud pops out
Katinka
It broke with “Bang!”
6/20
Buds begin to dye purple
Katinka
It’s a huge number of buds. And the wrapping that has been wrapped up until now is so cute that it sits on your head like a forest dwarf’s hat!
6/27
Full bloom!
Katinka
This is the elephant garlic flower! Surprisingly delicate and cute flowers? Surprisingly, it’s superfluous. But when I touch this flower, it smells like green onions! It’s not garlic, it smells like green onions
7/4
Blooming like a ball
Katinka
This color is beautiful!
7/11
Seed and fall
Katinka
Species that turn from purple to green to black and fall to the surface one after another. It seems to germinate from seeds, but if you grow it from seeds it will take many years to bear fruit, so I do not do much
7/18
Harvest!
Katinka
The leaves and stems will start to die at once, as if the seeds were dropped, at the time of summer production.
Katinka
It doesn’t take long for all the leaves to fall and only the dead stems. You can easily harvest jumbo garlic nuts (seed balls) just by pulling out the stem lightly.
Katinka
Elephant garlic that spent a winter in the soil. I was able to harvest jumbo despite the flowers!

Elephant garlic cultivation point

Planted in September-October and harvested in June-July the following year. In addition to the long cultivation period, it will be over the winter, so I want to watch the growth patiently. It is strong and cold-resistant, so it does not take a long time to grow, but it is easy to rot, so the point is to cultivate it in a well-drained and well-ventilated place.

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