Garlic

We've been lifting 'green garlic', garlic that hasn't yet divided into cloves for about 3 weeks or more, from plants appearing where garlic has previously been grown and cloves have got left in ghe ground.

 

Here's some more 'green' garlic lifted this morning. I find planting extra to lift early a better way of extending the usage season than lifting a bigger crop later in the summer only to have the extra bulbs go soft before they can be used.

P.S. It don't half smell strong!

 

Most of mine has now gone over and the tops shrivelling.
Pulled one up yesterday, dont think they are going to get any bigger but I will leave them there and pull when I want some.

 

Hmm my hard necks are ready too as they spent the winter in the greenhouse ( soft necks only planted outside in Spring so a way to go yet). Either you have very small hands @JWK or (more likely) yours are about twice the size of mine.

 

I pulled up most of mine back in late May and most had begun to form decent sized bulbs.

Here is today's pickings.





Interplanting with other crops seems to reduce the chances of getting garlic rust.

 

Mine are a writeoff this year. Elephant garlic looking good. A few split bulbs but thats ok ...

 

You all must be sick of pictures of garlic in blue trays by now, well, tough!

Elephant garlic complete with the small brown clovelets.



Pulled up three days ago. The normal cloves turned out smaller than the ones I planted - I think I need to improve soil moisture retention for future planting.

 

Dug mine out a couple of weeks ago, not massive but good enough, got a few Elephants but they are still green.