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Posted by zoomer44 (U14019069) on Friday, 10th June 2011
This Q is for the experienced garlic growers.
This is the first time I've successfully grown garlic thus far and I want to know when it can be harvested. The bottom leaves are beginning to go yellow. One buld pulled has split into 7 cloves and the bulbs are a wee bit bigger than golf ball size.
I'm trying to create a space which either bulb fennel, chicory or kohl can be planted. I've not sown the chicory yet but the other two plants are at seedling stage.
Second Q is can these be planted after garlic in the same spot as I'm only just getting to grips with rotation planting. -
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Posted by northwards (U14324094) on Saturday, 11th June 2011
Don't know if I can be described as an experienced garlic grower, but I have grown it in the past, and usually I wait until most of the leaves are yellow. The golf-ball sized bulbs sound a little on the small size, but it depends on what variety you've grown. Sounds as if you COULD pull them now but you might get a better crop if you waited a bit. I usually don't pull mine until July, but I'm in Scotland
However other people may well recommend something different
Garlic is in the onion family and none of the other plants you mention are, so any of them can go in the same space. It might be a good idea to perk up the soil with a little fertiliser first, though -
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Posted by zoomer44 (U14019069) on Saturday, 11th June 2011
July sounds good to me, the other veg can be potted up into modules and planted out then.
I thought golf ball size seemed small too but the cloves are just as big as the one's in the shops only twice as strong. They prehaps could have been watered more but I tend not to water stuff in the ground very often. The soil never seems to look dried out.
Will pep the soil up with some home grown compost after the garlics been harvested. . -
Message 4
Posted by northwards (U14324094) on Saturday, 11th June 2011
I suppose the cloves could be small if they've got very dry - it would also explain why they taste very strong. You seem to be having quite a drought down South so you could try watering and see if the heads swell any more
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Message 5
Posted by zoomer44 (U14019069) on Saturday, 11th June 2011
Will pick up on watering them more, I'm actually looknig forward to the harvest, if all goes well they should keep me in garlic till next July.
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Message 6
Posted by figrat (U3054696) on Saturday, 11th June 2011
Will pick up on watering them more, I'm actually looknig forward to the harvest, if all goes well they should keep me in garlic till next July. I'm just finishing last year's harvest of garlic. Current crop still has strong green leaves, so am waiting a while longer.
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Message 7
Posted by CathB45 (U14851973) on Saturday, 11th June 2011
Folk lore suggests that garlic should be planted on the shortest day of the year and harvested on the longest but also that it should be harvested on a waning not waxing moon if it is to keep well. Don't think that it is possible to always keep to both these bits of advice!
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Message 8
Posted by zoomer44 (U14019069) on Saturday, 11th June 2011
I planted mine on 17th October, the garden was under a foot of snow on 21st December so anyone planting it then in these parts would have needed to have been pretty determined!
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Message 9
Posted by DiggerSean (U14704361) on Monday, 13th June 2011
I'm no expert in growing garlic but I've already harvested mine (just) here in the north east of England, which is the earliest I've harvested it before ( although most things are quite early this year ) It sounds like your's aren't quite ready yet and may need a few more weeks to bulk up as the top foliage dies down.
I wouldn't water them too much now as you run the risks of causing mouldy bulbs, although most people have had a fair bit of rain the last couple of days anyway!
I treat my garlic like any other of the onion family, I keep them quite moist when first growing and then drier at the latter stages.
I planted mine mid October along with overwintering onions sets (which are nearly ready for harvesting too) -
Message 10
Posted by Don Kidick (U13987773) on Monday, 13th June 2011
I’m growing garlic for the first time this year, I’ve started with just a couple of cloves/plants if I’m successful I’ll try more next year.
Can anyone give me some advise on the best way to store garlic?
Cheers. Don.
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Message 11
Posted by zoomer44 (U14019069) on Monday, 13th June 2011
Don Kidick
I was going to let mine dry out a little after pulling, platt them and hang somewhere dry, probabbly the kitchen.
They are beginning to go yellow fairly quickly now, even from Friday so I may not wait till July.
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