{"title":"Purple Stripe","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"russian-red-garlic-bulbs","title":"Russian Red","description":"\u003cp\u003eGrowing Zones 3-7\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAn Eastern European treasure that is fiery with a mellow and smooth aftertaste. It has heat when eaten raw and a wonderfully rich, complex, garlicky flavour when cooked. This variety of Russian Red comes from the Purple Stripe garlic family and is known for its impressive hardiness.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRussian Red is high-yielding when grown in rich soils with adequate moisture. It thrives in Cold and Moderate climates and explodes out of the ground in spring. Generally tolerates wet soil conditions fairly well.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePlants are medium-sized with slender leaves and can grow very large bulbs under ideal growing conditions. Each bulb has 9 to 12 medium-sized cloves. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBulb colour ranges from slightly pinkish with purple tones to strong purple stripes, depending on local growing conditions. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBulb wrappers are fairly tight, which makes for good storage. Keeps for 6 to 8 months.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIt is important to note that Russian \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eRed\u003c\/span\u003e is from the Standard Purple Stripe family, whereas \u003cspan style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"\u003eRed\u003c\/span\u003e Russian is from the Marbled Purple Stripe family. Russian Red has more cloves per bulb (making planting more economical) and a stronger flavour, allowing fewer cloves to be used when cooking. It also stores slightly longer due to tighter wrappers. Both grow similar-sized bulbs under optimal growing conditions.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEach pound typically has 7 to 9 bulbs and 60 to 80 cloves. This plants approximately 30-40 feet of row. Each successfully grown clove will produce one full bulb and should yield 5 times what was planted.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCOLD EXPOSURE - Hardneck varieties, including Russian Red, require 4 to 6 weeks of temperatures below 45 degrees F in order to develop bulbs properly. Zones 3 to 7 generally receive this amount of cold exposure naturally. \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor regions where winter temperatures stay too warm (Zone 8+), a cold treatment or refrigeration of 3 to 6 weeks is required.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Garlic Boy Seeds","offers":[{"title":"1 LB","offer_id":44677116788924,"sku":"RR01","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"3 LB","offer_id":44677116821692,"sku":"RR03","price":88.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"8 LB","offer_id":45622710304956,"sku":"RR08","price":234.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0502\/5179\/2572\/files\/RussianRedPurpleStripe.jpg?v=1744690856"}],"url":"https:\/\/garlicgardening.com\/collections\/purple-stripe.oembed","provider":"Garlic Boy Seeds","version":"1.0","type":"link"}