How Much Seed Garlic Commercial Farms Need: Bulk Ordering and Acre Planning
Ordering the right amount of bulk seed garlic is one of the most consequential decisions a commercial garlic farm makes each year. Order too little and planting crews run out of seed with empty beds still prepped and waiting. Order too much and capital sits in storage losing viability. Either mistake cuts directly into profitability — and with popular varieties selling out within weeks of presale openings, there is no room for guesswork. Finding a reliable organic seed garlic supplier that can fulfill bulk orders with certified, disease-free planting stock is equally critical. Commercial growers scaling to full-acre production need a supplier that offers variety-specific guidance, consistent seed quality, and the volume capacity to fill orders ranging from 100 to 2,000-plus pounds. In the United States, very few certified organic garlic farms operate at this scale while maintaining the triple certification standards and hands-on quality control that bulk buyers require. Zack Schaller...