Nutrient Drama in the Garlic Patch: Why Your Hardneck Plants Are Throwing a Tantrum (and How to Fix It!) Picture your hardneck garlic plants as a rowdy team of tiny underground athletes training for the Ultimate Bulb Championship. They’re out there photosynthesizing like crazy — turning sunlight, CO₂, and water into sugar power — but without the right nutrient “sports drinks,” they cramp up, turn pale, and produce sad, puny bulbs instead of those glorious, plump garlic treasu