Montana Giant Garlic: A Robust, Flavorful, and Easy-to-Peel Hardneck Variety. Renowned for its large, plump cloves and robust, earthy flavor, Montana Giant is a hardneck garlic variety that excels in both culinary and agricultural applications. Its high heat intensity, which quickly mellows, makes it a versatile choice for a variety of dishes.
Montana Giant is grown in the foothills of the Hyalite Mountains, in Montana.
Key Features:
- Large, easy-to-peel cloves: Ideal for cooking, and consumption.
- Robust flavor: Delivers a satisfying, authentic garlic taste.
- High heat intensity: Provides a strong, initial flavor that mellows quickly.
- Hardneck variety: Known for its durability and winter hardiness.
- Disease resistance: Exhibits resistance to common garlic diseases.
- Roasting: Montana Giant, has a buttery-garlic flavor when roasted.
- Black Garlic: Montana Giant Garlic is the perfect choice for making Black Garlic. (Black garlic is a type of aged garlic that is colored deep black color and tastes like garlic gummy bears).
- Easy-to-grow and very cold-hardy.
- Planting: Montana Giant is ready to plant. Separate the cloves from the bulb prior to planting.
Clove skins are very thick and the cloves have a creamy-yellow appearance. Use larger Cloves as seed garlic. Use smaller cloves for Culinary. Though there is no right answer here.
Substitute: Music, Rosewood and Ivan
GroEat Garlic is shipped beginning in September, depending on the season and the variety. Quantities are limited; order early for best availability. Sorry, not available in Idaho or Canada.
Montana Giant
Montana Giant garlic is a fall-planted, hardneck variety. Planting should occur shortly after the initial frost but prior to the onset of severe freezing temperatures. Individual cloves should be separated from the bulb and planted at a depth of two - three inches, with the pointed end oriented upwards.
For optimal growth and development, hardneck garlic necessitates vernalization, a process requiring exposure to cold temperatures either before or after planting. The soil should be well-drained, loose, and have a pH between 6 and 7. A location with full sun exposure is ideal for cultivation.