Comments on: Garden Log 7-29-09; It’s All about Garlic

By: Flowers

Flowers — Tue, 03 May 2011 11:36:02 +0000

Excellent post. You produce looks good.. Garlic has many health benefits not known to many.

By: modeflowers

modeflowers — Thu, 24 Mar 2011 03:28:09 +0000

Wow! great harvest you have.

By: Jerold Birmingham

Jerold Birmingham — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 13:25:27 +0000

Thanks for the Biryanis dish. Based on my experience the secret to making excellent Biryanis is in the way you create the the Biryani Masala. If the Biryani Masala is well prepared, half the war is won.

By: Kenny Point

Kenny Point — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 05:03:26 +0000

Hi Jennifer, sure you can harvest, or replant the garlic and it is perfectly fine to eat. You can replant it this fall but it’s difficult to say how well it will perform as seed stock.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 18:54:39 +0000

A friend of mine gave me a clump of already growing garlic a couple of years back. I dutifully replanted the clump as it was, and have basically ignored it for a couple of years. Can I harvest the bulbs now? I know it says in your guide that they will likely separate and the paper won’t be in good shape~ but will it be edible? Could I dig up what is there now, separate and replant correctly this fall?

By: Rod

Rod — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 01:27:57 +0000

When you harvest and dry garlic, it’s a good idea to look for little round holes in the stems. If you find any, strip the garlic down to its individual cloves and find what made the hole, otherwise a maggoty beetle larva will soon spoil a lot of the crop. Powder falling out of your dried cloves is also a sign that you need to do some investigating.

By: Flowers

Flowers — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 03:54:03 +0000

Your blog on garlic harvest looks perfect. Enjoyed going through it. it is very very helpful and appreciated Cheers

By: Kenny Point

Kenny Point — Fri, 31 Jul 2009 02:25:35 +0000

Thanks Tee, garlic is a very hospitable companion in the garden and doesn’t require much elbow room since it grows straight up. If space is at a premium in the garden you can always tuck a clove here and there, wherever you have a gap between other plants. Garlic may even discourage insects like aphids from hanging around on other neighboring plants! I plant my cloves about eight inches apart in a matrix pattern so I can get good production out of a very small area of the garden. Even a 2 x 2 foot area can easily yield at least ten large bulbs of gourmet quality garlic.