Basaltic Farms has released a complete buyers guide to organic seed garlic, helping home gardeners and commercial growers select varieties bred in volcanic soil at 3,100 feet. The guide covers hardneck and softneck options, clove sizing, and fall planting timing.
-- Basaltic Farms has released a new buyers guide for organic seed garlic, giving home gardeners and small-scale farmers a single resource for selecting planting stock. The guide breaks down hardneck and softneck varieties, covers clove sizing, and walks through fall planting windows by region. Six years of growing trials at the family's farm in McArthur, California shaped every section.
The McArthur location sits at 3,100 feet in a volcanic flood plain. Soil there carries trace minerals from ancient lava flows that traveled roughly 100 miles south from Lava Beds National Park. That mineral profile shapes flavor and storage life. Properly cured Basaltic Farms garlic stores eight to ten months without losing potency.
The new organic seed garlic buyers guide reflects what the team has learned the hard way. Wrong variety in the wrong climate. Cloves planted too shallow before a hard freeze. Storage decisions that cooked the bulbs. Each section addresses a mistake the family worked through during their first three growing seasons after relocating to Lassen County in 2018.
"We've made every mistake in the book those first few years," said Zack Schallert, Owner of Basaltic Farms. "This guide is what we wish someone had handed us in 2018. Pick the right variety, plant at the right time, and the soil does most of the work for you."
Variety selection opens the guide. Hardneck cultivars like Music, Chesnok Red, and German Extra Hardy suit cold-winter regions and produce edible scapes in spring. Softneck cultivars like Inchelium Red and Italian Late tolerate warmer winters and store longer on the shelf. The guide pairs each cultivar with USDA hardiness zones so growers can match planting stock to climate.
Clove sizing gets its own section. Larger cloves usually produce larger bulbs at harvest. Basaltic Farms grades organic seed garlic as Jumbo (three inches and up), Culinary (two to three inches), and Small (one to two inches). Growers chasing maximum yield plant the largest cloves and save smaller ones for the kitchen.
Timing matters more than most beginners realize. Fall planting four to six weeks before hard ground freeze gives roots time to establish before dormancy. Northern growers usually plant in October. Southern and coastal growers can plant through December. The guide includes a regional planting calendar built from grower feedback across thirty-plus states.
As a certified organic garlic farm, Basaltic Farms operates under three certifications: CCOF, USDA Organic, and Real Organic Project. That triple-certified status requires three on-site inspections each year and zero synthetic inputs across all 54 farmable acres. Planting stock ships direct to home gardeners, restaurants, and bulk wholesale buyers from coast to coast.
The buyers guide is free to read and does not require a purchase or signup. Bulk buyers and small-scale commercial growers can reach the farm directly for orders above 100 pounds. Growers wanting deeper context on soil prep and cover crops can also browse the farm's library of organic farming methods alongside the seed garlic guide.
The full complete seed garlic guide is available now on the Basaltic Farms website. Pre-orders for fall planting stock open each spring, and popular cultivars often sell out by early summer.
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Name: Zack Schallert
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Organization: Basaltic Farms
Address: 641200 Beck Elliot Lane, McArthur, CA 96056, United States
Website: https://basalticfarms.com/
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