Gifted today with a grocery bag of each garlic. Elephants are 10-15" tall and 1/8 to 3/4" diameter. Std garlic (variety unknown) is 6-10" tall and +/- 1/2" diameter.

Will plant tomorrow in new raised bed. Plan to set at original depth-unless someone suggests otherwise. Soil is pH 6.5...from a 'back of the barn' top-soil pile that has 'steroidal' weeds when given the chance.

Besides watering well, how soon would you suggest a sea weed/fish spray, and how often? Should I plan to cook the largest elephants now and plant only the smaller plants? Can I leave these in the bed until next June-or will these partially dry and require digging and then replanting in the fall? In otherwords, can I leave the elephants to become a permanent bed? The donor of these plants said he only digs both garlics when he is ready to cook!

The only springtime green alliums I have transplanted were chives, when I relocated 3/4 of each clump,then filled the empty space with ancient horse compost. No losses.