Chesnok Red stands out as perhaps the most visually stunning hardneck garlic you can grow, with its tight pinkish-red papery skins wrapping around plump bulbs. This Purple Stripe variety delivers exceptional roasted flavor that brings garlicky sweetness without overwhelming heat to your cooking. Standing 18 inches tall at maturity, each bulb produces 6-10 cloves after a patient 250-270 day growing season from fall planting to midsummer harvest.
Full Sun
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18in H x 12in W
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This hardy Purple Stripe garlic captivates with its beautiful pinkish-red skin that makes it as ornamental as it is functional. The exceptional roasted flavor transforms into garlicky sweetness that enhances dishes without the harsh bite of some varieties. Each bulb reliably produces 6-10 well-formed cloves wrapped in those distinctive colored skins, and the variety stores moderately well for 4-6 months when properly cured.
Chesnok Red excels in roasted preparations where its natural sweetness can develop fully without overwhelming heat. The cloves work beautifully in cooked dishes where you want deep garlic flavor with balanced intensity rather than sharp bite. Young shoots can also be harvested as garlic scapes for stir-fries and raw preparations, providing mild garlic flavor in green form.
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Indoor planting is not recommended for bulb production, though cloves can be planted indoors any time of year to harvest the green tops as garlic-flavored greens for raw salads or stir-fry ingredients.
Plant individual cloves from mid-September to mid-November in cold winter areas, or until January in mild winter regions. Plant 4-6 weeks before the first hard freeze to allow root establishment.
Harvest bulbs in midsummer after 250-270 days of growth when the lower leaves begin browning but several green leaves remain. Cure bulbs properly by allowing them to dry in a warm, well-ventilated area for several weeks before storage.
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