My attempts at growing garlic have been dismal also even with pre-chilling in the fridge. They do grow but the cloves formed are very very small clusters when I pull them up. I see on eBay they have 1/2 Lb of organic heirloom Creole Red Garlic for $10 plus $4.50 S/H so I will try those and see how they do here. Thanks for the heads up on the variety.

Lou

I only seen one person in this forum in zone 9 growing some nice heads of garlic, he posted the pictures for everyone to see but he doesn't post here anymore and don't know if he is still planting his expensive garlic.

I planted creole red garlic after chilling in the fridge, one season a few years back and also last winter with the same results like Lou.

This season I am going to plant onions and skip the garlic, which I will buy in strands from a farm in California to use it, because the store garlic from China is not my favorite.

Silvia

I bought a sampler from Gourmet Garlic Gardens and asked them to recommend what they think will grow best in my area .... I found 2 out of the 4 did well but I cant remember what they were . Here is a link to there warm winter garlic info

Here is a link that might be useful: warm winter garlic info

I bought a sampler from Gourmet Garlic Gardens this year. The bulbs are currently pre-chilling in the fridge. I'll plant them in late October or early November.

My 1 lb sampler included a Creole (Ajo Rojo), an artichoke (Sicilian), and two turban types (Maiskij and Shilla). I got 2-3 heads of each type; it worked out to 10 heads total. The vendor was Forever Yong Farms out of Arizona. They sent nice looking heads, well-packed.

I can report back next year about which ones do well. Hopefully at least some of them will!