Everyones Garlic update Please!

[TZ -OH6]

I took a closer look at the shallots. The flowring/bolting is pretty random. A couple of bunches had more than two sets of leaves bolting the rest only had one. The majority of clumps don't have any.

My garlic is getting yellow/dead leaf tips. The soil is starting to dry from lack of rain but there should still be plenty of moisture. A couple of days in the 90s didn't help.

[gixxerific]

Have you done any snooping? Any size to them?

Eric

Not yet. Maybe I should I would like to see myself. The plants are going like mad so I'm hoping for a bumper crop. But with my luck I will end up with tiny bulbs.

[DoubleDogFarm]

June 30th 2011

So here we are the last day of June. Just a quick update with photos. I did a little snooping.

Looks like they are varying in size. The leaf tips are yellowing more and more each day. Dono (gix) maybe showing me up this year.


How about some updates.
Eric

[gixxerific]

I sure don't want to show you up my friend but that would give me some encouragement and pride in my crop. Knowing how you garden.

Garlic curing for a week on Fri. I hope I didn't cook them in the sun they were out in the garden for a while when I was harvesting with taking breaks and all. It was very hot and sunny that day.

[jal_ut]

Harvest already?! My hardneck is just now sending out scapes.

[Father's Daughter]

Harvested yesterday--a full three weeks ahead of last year! I ended up with only seven or eight that aren't fit for long term storage, and all are a good size.

[DoubleDogFarm]

Father's Daughter,

That sound really good. Can you post a picture?

Eric

[Father's Daughter]

I'm really bad at remembering to take pictures, but I did think to snap one of the last bunch before moving it in to the basement. This is a second year crop grown from seed stock saved from last year. I was very picky when selecting my seed stock, so had a lot fewer runts and only one that didn't divide into cloves. I would have left it a couple of more days, but this past weekend was the only time I had to harvest all 120 heads and get them tucked away for curing.

I hope everyone else has a good harvest! (this is my first attempt at posting a picture, so I hope I've done it right!)

[soil]

those are grown from bulbils?

[Father's Daughter]

those are grown from bulbils?

Nope, from full heads. I bought a couple of pounds each of music and German white from some garlic farmers in the fall of 2009 and used it for planting stock. Last year I kept about half my harvest for eating and re-planted the rest, choosing only the biggest and best cloves. For this fall's planting I'm hoping to add a couple more varieties.

[TZ -OH6]

I dug my garlic today and it's a sad day in Mudville . Chesnok Red mostly the size of golfballs, but I did get about 25% big bulbs with my Klaver so I can replant that.

[gixxerific]

Bought some tator sacks today will be bagging tomorrow. Can't wait till next year, or should I say a few months for more planting. Well than next year for harvesting I will get a new variety.

Suggestions welcome. This year it was Chesnok Red and Music.

[Ladybug027]

Thanks for the inspiration!
With all this talk about Garlic, along with my love for garlic, roasted yum yum yum. I am going to plant some this fall. I ordered a pound of Music since it is a hardy easy type to grow from what I read, plus I seen some Califorinia Soft neck bulbis at a local nursery on clearence that I am not sure about condition but couldn't resist giving them a try.

[orgoveg]

This was my second attempt at growing garlic. The first year, I planted in spring. This time, I planted in fall but I seem to have chosen a variety not suited for a northern climate. These were just from the grocery store labeled "product of Mexico". Someone astutely pointed out that these are probably a variety only suited for the south. Nonetheless, I think I did okay. At least they bulbed for me. After they had fallen over and laid on the ground for a couple of weeks looking sickly, I couldn't wait any longer. One of them actually had a scape. It was one which had grown 3 stems and the scape was from one separate little clove attached to the main bulb. I'm holding the plant folded in half in the photo.

[Father's Daughter]

If anyone else feels inspired to try growing garlic next year or wants to add a new variety, don't wait too long to buy your seed stock! I learned the hard way that garlic farms typically start taking pre-orders in late July or early august, and they often sell out very quickly.