and another garlic question

I was checking my garlic for the appearance of these "scrapes" freddie was talking about (no sign yet), but noticed that quite a few of the bulbs have missing chunks of "paper", (I don't know what the correct term is - the stuff that holds the cloves together in a bulb) leaving the cloves exposed. I thought they were all growing well up to now. There's very little sign of the leaves yellowing yet so I guess they're not yet ripe but some of the bulbs do look vulnerable. Should I pull them up now?

 

Leave things alone, you have a few more months to go yet.

 

Looks like over-watering may be the culprit...

http://www.garlicfarm.ca/growing-garlic.htm

...but I've finally managed to identify the scapes...

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/05/27/AR2009052701110.html

...so at least I'll get somehing out of the plants even if they don't form proper bulbs.

It now seems a bit minor compared to the hail damage suffered by my aubergines and tomatoes last night :-((