"Roger Tonkin" wrote

Having pulled and dried my garlic, I notice that it has grown so well
that some of the bulbs have split as the cloves have expanded. The
cloves have turned green on the outside, instead of the purlish colour
they should be.

Are they OK to eat and will they store? (I'm pretty sure they are, but
SWMBO wants reassurance!)

The bulbs split because you left them in the ground too long and they are
getting ready to regrow. We took ours up at the end of June this year.
I know of no reason to think they are no longer good to eat.
Soon be time to plant the garlic for next year, well a couple of months, so
if you are concerned use those cloves for that purpose.
For those that didn't get a proper head of garlic, it needs cold weather to
grow properly, did you plant it in spring?

-- Regards
Bob Hobden
W.of London. UK