California White Garlic Bulbs for Planting – Softneck

Bring homegrown garlic from your garden to your kitchen with California White softneck garlic. Its plump bulbs, papery white skins, and creamy-white cloves make it a practical choice for gardeners who want a harvest for everyday cooking and storage.

What You’re Ordering

• Variety: California White garlic.
• Botanical name: Allium sativum ‘California White’.
• Type: Softneck garlic bulbs for planting, not true garlic seed.
• Pack options: 1 bulb, 3 bulbs, or 12 bulbs.
• Growing habit: Plants typically reach 18–24 inches tall.

Separate each bulb into individual cloves before planting. Each planted clove can develop into a new garlic bulb. Clove counts and bulb sizes naturally vary.

When to Plant

Plant in early to mid-fall, approximately 4–6 weeks before your expected frost, so the cloves can establish before winter and continue growing in spring. Spring planting is also an option where local conditions allow. Planting dates and harvest timing depend on your climate; use local growing guidance rather than a fixed maturity date.

How to Plant

• Choose a location in full sun with well-drained, well-worked soil.
• Raised beds are useful where drainage needs improvement.
• Separate the cloves shortly before planting, keeping their papery coverings intact.
• Plant the flat root end down and the pointed end up, 1–2 inches deep.
• Space cloves approximately 4 inches apart. For a wide-row layout, allow about 36 inches between rows.

Growing and Care

Keep the bed free of weeds to reduce competition around developing bulbs. Avoid waterlogged soil and adjust watering to rainfall and soil conditions. Good drainage is especially important for keeping bulbs healthy.

Harvesting Your Garlic

Watch for the leaves to begin browning as the bulbs mature. Check a sample bulb before lifting the full crop, since timing varies with planting season and weather. Lift carefully to avoid damaging the bulbs.

Curing and Storage

Let harvested garlic cure in a cool, dry, well-ventilated place until the outer skins and necks are dry. Store cured bulbs in dry, ventilated conditions and inspect them periodically. Softneck garlic is valued for storage and can also be braided once properly cured.

Before ordering: Select the number of bulbs you want to plant. Harvest size, clove count, and storage life vary with growing and curing conditions.