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MyAuntFanny 36 points ago +36 / -0

Thanks for the tip, Gilroy, CA.

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AzazelAku 9 points ago +9 / -0

Garlic capital of the world 🥰

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RegularAmerican 4 points ago +4 / -0

Such a beautiful place. I love the farms and peacocks everywhere p

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FAQ-REDDIT 3 points ago +3 / -0

Vampire Lives Matter

Garlic Kills

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TownesVanCamp 29 points ago +29 / -0

Yes and the Chinese shit is usually in a box.

As op suggests, grow your own. Drop it on the ground kick a teaspoon of dirt on it and let it go. Garlic forever. It’s that nearly easy.

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boomerpro17 [S] 12 points ago +13 / -1

Right and a simple way to stick it to the commies that want us all dead - by not buying their products

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85Dacudo 6 points ago +7 / -1

Jesus, I need to get a place with a backyard so I can grow my own shit.

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RegularAmerican 3 points ago +3 / -0

Same with green onions!

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FustercluckArmy 19 points ago +20 / -1

But I thought California was in China?

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acasper 5 points ago +5 / -0

With the way they’ve fucked up for the last two decades but especially the last year I doubt they’re staying blue.

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85Dacudo 2 points ago +2 / -0

Honestly the election results of California were surprising. So much read, way more then I expected.

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Defcon1 12 points ago +12 / -0

Chinese garlic will not keep vampires away.

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ciaramella_is_gay 10 points ago +11 / -1

Fang Fang likes this.

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OG_Centipede 9 points ago +9 / -0

Growing garlic is the easiest thing in the world. Started with a couple bulbs 3 years ago. I planted enough to harvest 200 bulbs next summer. It's literally zero maintenance, idiot proof gardening and way tastier than any store bought garbage

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InjectorEater 5 points ago +5 / -0

I'm growing a bunch for the first time. Some basic white garlic but a lot of heritage and hardneck varieties bred for high elevations. I love garlic and crossing fingers they all take off in the spring.

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idlebumski 8 points ago +8 / -0

Apparently they are bleached as well, to make them look white

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Liberty5-3000 8 points ago +8 / -0

That sounds pretty racist

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idlebumski 3 points ago +3 / -0

chinese themselves regard any of their own who are brown to be lowlife dirty poor famers, etc, being why they stay out of the sun, and cherish the whitest skin poss

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SharonaZamboni 3 points ago +3 / -0

Nah. It’s really white without even trying.

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jubyeonin 6 points ago +8 / -2 (edited)

It's cool. I get my garlic powered. I don't see any roots, bro. lol

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boomerpro17 [S] 10 points ago +12 / -2

Most likely from China

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schiff_for_brains 5 points ago +5 / -0

All I find around here is shriveled up Chinese garlic.

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CahalTheMad 5 points ago +5 / -0

Just checked mine... 3 bulbs in a mesh bag, organic, "product of USA" on the tag.

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CoreyAnder 5 points ago +5 / -0

Aldi sells garlic from China. Don’t buy it from there.

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freemoonlight 4 points ago +4 / -0

I do this! I’m picky with my garlic. I check the tag to see where it’s made

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Rumble 3 points ago +3 / -0

In Canada all the big stores try to sell china - goto the local stores and get stuff grown in Ontario.

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Trumpsbigbrassballs 3 points ago +3 / -0

It has been fumigated with methyl bromide.

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FaustyArchaeus 3 points ago +3 / -0

I grow my own because the Chinese shit also seems to be bleached. It should have a purple tinge to it

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Gyrfalcon 2 points ago +2 / -0

Depends on the type. White and purple are both common variations.

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FaustyArchaeus 3 points ago +3 / -0

Really as an Aussie I have grown lots and they are all purple tinged and always felt the white ones were bleached from China.. Happy to be wrong

Was doing some reading now you mention it and there is red and white

Most Aussie ones are red and when I see white I just think it is Chinese so dont buy it

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SharonaZamboni 3 points ago +3 / -0

Been growing our own for several years. It’s the easiest crop ever!

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PropagandaWizard1984 3 points ago +3 / -0

An Agri-Pede huh? Thanks for the tip!

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fpc13 3 points ago +3 / -0

Been doing this for that reason for 3 seasons now. Garlic is surprisingly easy to grow! No Chyna toxic heavy metals for my family.

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e_pluribus_unum9 3 points ago +3 / -0

I was one of those people buying the garlic in those sacks. Looked neat and convenient until one day I happened to look at the label. WTF! China!!

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boomerpro17 [S] 4 points ago +4 / -0

People would be surprised how much stuff they buy from Chy-Nah if they took two seconds to read the label

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e_pluribus_unum9 4 points ago +4 / -0

It just never occurred to me that we would be importing garlic from them. Or any produce. You can bet I read labels now

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honkskillet 3 points ago +3 / -0

These are literally processed by prison labor. https://www.ft.com/video/140c3fa5-a3c1-438b-9601-e92ad0e1b395

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Tenspot20 -1 points ago +1 / -2

Soil Borne Garlic Covid?

Stop The Stupid

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Tenspot20 -22 points ago +1 / -23

OMG, stop with the bullshit! "To prevent soil borne plant diseases from entering our country the garlic roots are shaved". WTF?

Please Stop The Stupid!

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InjectorEater 4 points ago +4 / -0

It's true. I've bough several houseplants from overseas and they have all had to be certified, bare root, and have 0 soil on them. The USDA does not fuck around when it comes to US agriculture.

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Tenspot20 -3 points ago +1 / -4

OMG!

Stop The Stupid

They are laughing at you for even acknowledging this ridiculous fabrication. I'm giggling too but not in a happy way. :/

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InjectorEater 1 point ago +1 / -0

?? I know you're a troll but I'm just putting this out there for other pedes. AG biosecurity is absolutely essential. Look what happened when we somehow got avian flu over here. Billions of both commercial and personal birds destroyed. It gutted the US avian industry and the local poultry guys never really recovered. All it would take is a disease targeting one of our big 4 crops that we couldn't get ahead of, and most of the rural US would be FUCKED. By far the easiest way to get that over here is by soil contamination. Plants and bulbs can be easily deconned but soil and roots are tricky. So, for food products such as garlic, it's easier and safer to require the roots to be shaved off and then have the bulb go through some sort of treatment to kill any hitch hikers.

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Gyrfalcon 2 points ago +2 / -0

Not just birds. Dutch elm disease and emerald ash borer have devastated forests throughout the country.