I’ve harvested 92 heads of garlic. Not so many, considering that I had planted 125.
Some weeks ago I have cut the scapes and they were only 40.
So, not a very successful harvest, in comparison with the previous years.
Furthermore, some heads are small and others looks like shallots: the cloves are grown separated, and the stems and leaves have formed a clump. Weird.
Anyway, the harvest is done and is more than enough for my needs!
1, 2) harvested garlic
3, 4) some non perfectly formed heads
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Day 265
Allium sativum
Harvesting
92.0 x item
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Comments
anelson wrote:
92 heads seems like a lot to me. I love cooking with homegrown garlic!
Posted on 06 Aug 12 (10 months ago)
SneIrish wrote:
My garlic harvest wasn’t very good this year either. But at least we all have enough for some good cooking!
Posted on 06 Aug 12 (10 months ago)
rosemarieGardener wrote:
Nice harvest. If you wait too long to harvest your garlic, you don’t get much of a return on adding to their size and for each ‘leaf’ that has browned or started to turn brown…..you loose a layer of ‘paper’ over the head. This is frequently accompanied by cloves ‘separating’ from the head and shortens how long they will ‘keep’. I pick my garlic when two leaf tips have started to turn brown……maybe 3 leaf tips if I’m crunched for time.
Posted on 08 Aug 12 (9 months ago)
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