Leftwood said:What is enticing about softnecks for you, Sandy? Maybe you like to braid them?
Braiding was actually the reason that I first tried the softneck types... but I've never been entirely happy with my results, my bulbs never seem to clean up to where they look that great, and it seems like a lot of work for not that much reward. And I really prefer the hardnecks that I have, because they have just a few (4-6) nice big cloves, instead a bunch of irregular-sized, smaller cloves... and although softneck is supposed to store longer, my hardneck and softneck types are all beginning to sprout now, so I don't really see much advantage to it either.
Ken, I got the softnecks from Territorial Seed, and, having just looked at their website, I guess it's just "Polish softneck," not "Polish White." Not sure if those are the same or not... Western Rose is the right name though, but I don't know the history of it at all. Last spring, after one of our worst winters in recent memory, all the garlic I had planted came up, without a single "miss." I'm really looking forward to seeing if the Creole grows -- I have some planted inside the hoop house, and some out in the garden with the other types.
