Music Garlic

Music is the BOMB. I have grown a handful of other varieties, but I always come back to Music as my favorite. My mom has grown it for many years in Oregon and the ones I grow descended from a head she sent me a few years back.

I love Music because the plants are so robust and big - it makes you feel good about growing them and they can compete a little better with the odd weed that is in the bed. Then the bulbs are big and beautiful after harvest. At time of use, the big cloves are easy to peel and they have good flavor.

People say storage quality is not great, but I have eater year old Music that is still ok. The last couple months in the year are definitely marginal and you lose some to drying out or rotting, but I feel like it can be tenable to use for the whole year if you grow a certain amount more than you need for cooking. Ours never lasts longer than 6-8 months until we have eaten it all usually anyhow.

One sort of annoying thing about Music is that since most heads have only 4-5 cloves, you end up having to hold back a fair bit of your harvest for seed.

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