Garlic

Hi all
My garlic has started turning yellow and looks like it is dying back,does this mean that it is ready to be picked for storing?

 

Sounds like it. I've just pulled a load of mine, but I reckon it's finished early and small this year.

That's the overwintering stuff. The Spring planted garlic (also finishing early) yield has been miserable.

I've also had masses of pips on the stems this year, probably another thing to do with the weather.

 

I have harvested my first lot last week,2nd lot some time next week, both are below size...

 

Thanks for the quick reply's,will harvest mine when I get a chance.

 

I like the idea of growing garlic but what do you do with it all? Does it store for a long time?

 

If its dried well enough it'll last to the next season. Best keep it somewhere cool though.

 

Best way to make it last is re-plant some of the best looking cloves in Autumn and from then on it's free garlic every year. I once a run of about 15 years re-use before the rot got it and I had to buy some more to plant.

 

Some of my harvest so far this year:

 

That's what mine have gone to look like,so it must be ready.

 

Just lifted the last two of ours.
Being a cheapskate I planted Tesco garlic last year and again this year. What was interesting was that the cloves I planted from our last years (Tesco) garlic took about a month longer to come through than the 'fresh' cloves bought from Teco. They also grew to a very much larger size.
When I plant next years crop in about October I'll be planting second generation home grown 'Tesco' cloves and it will be interesting to see how things turn out.