"Wally" wrote
I hate to say this but ours is about a foot high and has, as usual, come
through the winter quite untroubled. It's now growing away nicely.
Can't imagine the weather having the effect you mention, it's as tough as
old boots.
I think you might have a case of Rust, quite common on Garlic but much
later in the season usually, it also usually doesn't do much damage
although in this case it is early and I have known someone lose the crop
because of it in the past.


Mine is as yours about a foot high and looking good, but as I
have never grown it before, when is the time for harvesting. ?

June, maybe early July, but you have to be careful as if you don't get it up
at the right time it will start to expand into it's cloves ready to start
growing again. Look for signs of browning leaves, but don't confuse that
with Rust, and scrape away some soil from around a head to see it's grown
OK. Some send up a flower spike as a sign it's about ready.

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Regards
Bob Hobden