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[jal_ut]

Posted: 07 25 11 Post subject:
So should I pull my garlic since it's layed over?

If it is laid over and turning yellow or brown, it is done. I would pull one and see what it looks like. If you leave them in too long the paper shell falls apart, then they don't look as good. I don't know if that affects their keeping ability. I like to use a digging fork and lift them.

[jal_ut]

[img]https://donce.lofthouse.com/jamaica/garlic_2011.jpg[/img]

Two varieties of hardneck garlic. Sorry I don't know the names of these varieties. The one got a lot larger than the other.

On the front row, those on the left I let the scapes stay on. Those on the right I cut the scapes off. (both the same variety) Those on the right were also dug a week earlier. I can't see that it made any difference in size to cut the scapes off. This is a fairly small sample to really do a test. I only had two bulbs to plant. Most of this will go for planting this fall.

I have not harvested the Elephant Garlic yet.

[jal_ut]

[img]https://donce.lofthouse.com/jamaica/corn_2011.jpg[/img]

The corn is starting to look like it might make it.

[jal_ut]

[img]https://donce.lofthouse.com/jamaica/crookneck_vine.jpg[/img]

Crookneck plants get huge.

[DoubleDogFarm]

Crookneck plants get huge

and expensive when they go to college.


Eric