Posted by Bryce Frazier on February 27, 2015 at 08:34:57 from (67.142.182.26):
I have been looking for something that I can grow around here, and actually turn a profit on!
Was snooping around online, and last years USDA "Top 10 crops" show Garlic at number 8!
It says:
8. Garlic. The payoff on growing garlic can be big for those who grow “gourmet” garlic. There are 3 types of gourmet garlic, also called hardneck garlic. They are Rocambole, Purplestripe and Porcelain, and once you have experienced their superior flavor, you’ll never want to go back to ordinary garlic again. That’s why customers are willing to pay high prices – as much as $10 a pound – to get their favorite varieties. Another grower and customer favorite is Elephant garlic, whose large, mild cloves bring $6-$8 per pound. In good soil, an acre of Elephant garlic can yield 15,000 pounds. It is very hard to lose a crop of garlic crop, as it tolerates a wide range of soil and weather conditions. That’s why some growers call garlic the “mortgage lifter.”
So, how would I plant the garlic? I am sure that I could plow, disc, harrow, and that would be fine right? But then I would need to plant it!
Would there be a way that I could rig up my 8 foot seeder to plant garlic? Not sure what the appropriate spacing would be, but I would imagine that my Case drill is probably 6 or 8 inch spacing, so if need be, I could plug up every other hole and double that spacing?
Then would I need to cultivate it? Want to be all organic, so no sprays or anything.
Then when it came time to harvest, how would I do that? By hand with a spade and basket I guess?
I am really interested in this, I have the option to do up to 6 acres this year, but if that is what I am going to do, I need to get to figuring this stuff out!
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