Garlic Casablanca is probably the variety you’re going to see on the shelves at your local garden centre. Garlic is a great staple to keep in the fridge.
Whether you buy garlic in the shops or grow it yourself, garlic seems to last forever.
Much like the shallots, I’ve chosen a spot that has not been used to plant onions or leeks before and hasn’t been manured for at least two years.
I thought this was a great opportunity to demonstrate inter-cropping by planting the garlic Casablanca bulbs with the shallots. Inter-cropping is a great thing to do if you can do it.
It makes use of the ground more efficiently and you keep down the mite and pest population.
Garlic Casablanca origins
The word Casablanca drums up images of warm sandy beaches and glorious Moroccan sunshine. However, instead garlic Casablanca is a hardneck variety that originates from Eastern Europe meant to be quite resilient in cold conditions – making it perfect for the UK.
I’ve done a search online to see if I could find more information on garlic Casablanca – with little avail!
Following the instructions on the packet I buried the garlic 2cm into the ground but unlike the shallots, I was sure to bury the tops of the garlic Casablanca with soil. The rows of three bulbs have been planted 25cm apart.
This variety boasts a lovely strong flavour and is able to store well for long periods.
We tend to use garlic in everything these days and a lot of people I know say that they can’t stand the stuff.
The truth is, fresh garlic when used properly doesn’t taste of garlic that much, its the fake powdered garlic that can inflict a strong taste and subsequent bad breath.
Have you grown garlic Casablanca? I’d love to know your thoughts in the comments below.
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