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Garlic harvesting

jim10jim10 Posts: 17
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Hi all, I planted garlic in 3 containers last October. Are they ready to harvest please? Some leaves are definitely turning yellow and bending


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  • war garden 572war garden 572 Posts: 664
    you need to wait till august.
     those would not be even considered worth harvesting yet. 
    unless you want mock chives. 
  • EmerionEmerion Posts: 599
    Some garlic varieties are ready much earlier than August. My Extra Early Wight is ready to harvest in May/June, depending on the weather. In fact they are coming out tomorrow if the first one looks OK. My Solent Wight are ready in July/August. Do you remember what variety yours are? You could live dangerously and carefully lift one bulb. If you support it from underneath (trowel/spoon/stick), it should come out in one piece, without disturbing the others.  
    Carmarthenshire (mild, wet, windy). Loam over shale, very slightly sloping, so free draining. Mildly acidic or neutral.


  • jim10jim10 Posts: 17
    Senshyu I think they are
  • EmerionEmerion Posts: 599
    I’ve never heard of that one, so can’t tell if it should be ready sooner or later. I pulled one of my early ones up today and it was nowhere near ready. This is what they looked like. I’m thinking late June for them now. Some years they would have been further on  
    Carmarthenshire (mild, wet, windy). Loam over shale, very slightly sloping, so free draining. Mildly acidic or neutral.


  • SkandiSkandi Posts: 1,723
    I would advise harvesting at least half of every pot there and using them as fresh green garlic, (lovely in salad, butter and pesto) that would give the others a better chance at getting to a decent size. As it is they are much to closely planted and probably won't come out much bigger than the cloves you planted.
  • EmptyheadtimeEmptyheadtime Posts: 366
    jim10 said:
    Senshyu I think they are
    I thought senshyu were an onion?
  • WaterbutWaterbut Posts: 344
    Perhaps next year you could use a large trough and using Wight garlic space the individual cloves 10-15cm apart and 30 cm between rows.
  • jim10jim10 Posts: 17
    Thanks for the advice guys
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Emptyheadtime said:
    jim10 said:
    Senshyu I think they are
    I thought senshyu were an onion?
    So did I. 


    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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