As of December 15th, 2 of the three kinds of garlic I originally planted have come up. The soft neck garlic that I planted from last year's seed (Loiacono) is at about 6-8 inches now, and the hard neck variety that Emily's mom brought from NY is about 4-6 inches.
The new hard neck variety from Southern Exposure (Appalachian Red) has not come up at all. I found one clove that has broken the surface about half of an inch, and a few that *might* be bulging the dirt a bit, but it had me worried.
So when we got a few heads fro the CSA of "Red Garlic", I figured I might as well plant one of the heads just in case the new Appalachian Red does not come up. The good news is that in the past few weeks, I have asked a seasoned garlic gardener (Mr. Speck) and searched around on the net, and it seems that it should be fine that some of the cloves have not broken the surface. They are most likely still doing their thing underground, and in the spring it will all come up.
As of Christmas, the newly planted stuff had not come up yet, and neither has the Appalachian Red. I wonder if they end up turning out to be the same exact variety.
