Forum home› Fruit & veg
This Forum will close on Wednesday 27 March, 2024. Please refer to the announcement on the Discussions page for further detail.

What to do with my Garlic

James FewingsJames Fewings Posts: 8
in Fruit & veg

Hi All,

Following on from another post of mine this is the first time ihave grown garlic and a few of the plants started to get rust. I caught it in time (I hope) removed all the infected leaves and left it in the ground. Anyway a couple of the stunted leaves were turning brown so I thought I would heft those ones up as I doubt they would grow any more.

So I have harvested them but now what? Everyone says you need the roots and leaves to cure and store but they have no leaves now. So can I still cure them but not store them? Should I break them all apart and freeze the cloves ready for planting in October? Or should I just eat them?

Any help on this would be great. I can follow 'internet instructions' on the ones that are left as they seem to be ok but im a bit lost as to what to do with these three bulbs....by the way they are big still as they were planted in Oct last year and they smell divine.

Thanks all

James

«1

Posts

  • James FewingsJames Fewings Posts: 8

    image

     

  • WelshonionWelshonion Posts: 3,114

    Do not freeze the cloves if you plan to plant them in the Autumn.

    Store them and only plant the cloves from the outside of the bulb.  They are the biggest and best.

  • James FewingsJames Fewings Posts: 8

    Ok but im still a bit lost, will they cure without the leaves?

  • gloriao4gloriao4 Posts: 4

    what is rust and can it be prevented..

     

     

     

  • James FewingsJames Fewings Posts: 8

    You can get rust preventative. Its a fungal disease.

  • gloriao4gloriao4 Posts: 4

    thank you

  • iGrowiGrow Posts: 183
    Regarding only using the outside cloves, when I planted mine last Autumn I separated them as an experiment. Having harvested all my garlic over the last two days, I found no difference between the crop.
  • Bf206Bf206 Posts: 234
    Hmm, I've just harvested mine. Shame as some of the bulbs appear to have split although I don't think I've had them in the ground too long? They were autumn planted. Some orange maggots around the roots too so not sure if they're to blame?
  • WelshonionWelshonion Posts: 3,114

    When I say use the cloves from the outside of the bulb, you will have noticed that those are the largest cloves, and they are smaller towards the centre of the bulb.  I eat those. I'm not sure what you mean when you say you separated them as an experiment.  You have to look carefully at each clove to ensure it is not a double one, and plant them individually.

    I believe in giving plants the best head-start I can.  In the same way when planting, say, bean seeds, I plant the biggest first.

  • Steve 309Steve 309 Posts: 2,753

    That seems a good idea, Welshonion. 

    Gloria, rust is a fungal disease producing rust-coloured spots on the leaves.  It comes from long grass (which it also infects) so try and keep that down.  Infected plants need removing to prevent spreading the disease to others of the onion family.  It looks like this:

    image

     

Sign In or Register to comment.