Comments on: Homegrown Garlic Makes for Effortless Seed Saving

By: Kenny Point

Kenny Point — Sun, 18 Jul 2010 00:59:44 +0000

Hi Ann, my condolences regarding your dad. I always remove the garlic scapes so I don’t have any type of seedheads on my plants. A good way to judge when your garlic is ready to harvest is by watching the leaves dry and turn brown. You should harvest the garlic when just over half of the leaves have died. You can also dig a couple of the bulbs to see if the look good and are ready to harvest.

By: Ann

Ann — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 17:36:16 +0000

great article, thank you.

A new one at garlic, how long to harvest garlic after its seedhead pops open?
A week or two?

Dad passed away and I now have 20,000 garlic to harvest, want and need to do it right, to save seeds and still have good garlic.

By: Gardening Seeds

Gardening Seeds — Wed, 25 Feb 2009 18:55:55 +0000

Thank you very much for the information I really appreciate it!! I found this useful site for Gardening Seeds

By: Cameron (Defining Your Home Garden)

Cameron (Defining Your Home Garden) — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 19:23:39 +0000

Thanks so much for this informative post about garlic. I’ve got my perennials situated (garden is only 3 years old) so I’m now expanding into more herbs.

Cameron
Defining Your Home Garden
Chapel Hill, NC

By: Kenny Point

Kenny Point — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 04:55:20 +0000

You’re welcome Heather, thanks for stopping by and commenting, this garlic is much different than the ordinary store variety. Thanks Josh, I just leave the fall top growth alone but I don’t think that it would do any harm to harvest them for green onions as Cynthia suggested.

By: Cynthia

Cynthia — Sun, 09 Nov 2008 22:26:42 +0000

Josh,

I don’t have multiplier onions, but do have a nice patch of Egyptian or Walking onions. For a couple weeks now I have enjoyed harvesting the greens that shoot up when the summer tips fall over and sprout. A real touch of spring. They will also be one of the first things to come up in the spring and during the summer I use some of the top cloves like garlic for cooking. This is a real sweet plant.

By: Josh

Josh — Sat, 08 Nov 2008 21:49:44 +0000

Hey kenny, another good post The multiplier onions I planted are sprouting up greens pretty aggressively already right now. Do you cut them off or let them go all winter long until you harvest them?

By: Heather

Heather — Mon, 03 Nov 2008 14:47:20 +0000

Hey there. I just wanted to say thank you for all the comprehensive garlic posts – I just put in my first bed of garlic (I got ours from Hood River Garlic), and after using a few of the smaller cloves for eating I am even more excited; this ain’t your grocery store garlic! Thanks again.

Heather