when do you harvest garlic?
 

I know this is a silly question for the old timers, but...I live in zone 9
and planted mine (the garlic) in the fall since we have very warm
winters-never even a light freeze-now I have no idea when I should harvest
it.

Are there signs I look for when it is ready?

Thanks

Norma


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"Norma J. Briggs" nbriggs@(NO SPAM)houston.rr.com wrote in message
...
I know this is a silly question for the old timers, but...I live in
zone 9
and planted mine (the garlic) in the fall since we have very warm
winters-never even a light freeze-now I have no idea when I should
harvest
it.
Are there signs I look for when it is ready?

In our version of zone 9 (AZ Desert), the best time is when there are
still about three green leaf blades on the plant. Each leaf blade
represents a wrapper around the bulb and if you wait until all of the
leaves turn brown there is nothing to hold the blades together. In our
region, this usually happens in May for true garlic (early June for
elephant garlic) if the cloves (or rounds) are planted in October.
Olin

when do you harvest garlic?
 

"Norma J. Briggs" nbriggs@(NO SPAM)houston.rr.com wrote in message
...
I know this is a silly question for the old timers, but...I live in
zone 9
and planted mine (the garlic) in the fall since we have very warm
winters-never even a light freeze-now I have no idea when I should
harvest
it.
Are there signs I look for when it is ready?

In our version of zone 9 (AZ Desert), the best time is when there are
still about three green leaf blades on the plant. Each leaf blade
represents a wrapper around the bulb and if you wait until all of the
leaves turn brown there is nothing to hold the blades together. In our
region, this usually happens in May for true garlic (early June for
elephant garlic) if the cloves (or rounds) are planted in October.
Olin

when do you harvest garlic?
 

"Norma J. Briggs" nbriggs@(NO SPAM)houston.rr.com wrote in message
...
I know this is a silly question for the old timers, but...I live in
zone 9
and planted mine (the garlic) in the fall since we have very warm
winters-never even a light freeze-now I have no idea when I should
harvest
it.
Are there signs I look for when it is ready?

In our version of zone 9 (AZ Desert), the best time is when there are
still about three green leaf blades on the plant. Each leaf blade
represents a wrapper around the bulb and if you wait until all of the
leaves turn brown there is nothing to hold the blades together. In our
region, this usually happens in May for true garlic (early June for
elephant garlic) if the cloves (or rounds) are planted in October.
Olin

when do you harvest garlic?
 

il Sat, 06 Mar 2004 00:22:18 GMT, "Norma J. Briggs" ha scritto:

I know this is a silly question for the old timers, but...I live in zone 9
and planted mine (the garlic) in the fall since we have very warm
winters-never even a light freeze-now I have no idea when I should harvest
it.

Are there signs I look for when it is ready?

Thanks

Norma

The tops go brown :-) . if you leave them in too long, like over
winter, much of them will turn to slush.
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il Sat, 06 Mar 2004 00:22:18 GMT, "Norma J. Briggs" ha scritto:

I know this is a silly question for the old timers, but...I live in zone
9
and planted mine (the garlic) in the fall since we have very warm
winters-never even a light freeze-now I have no idea when I should
harvest
it.

Are there signs I look for when it is ready?

Thanks

Norma

The tops go brown :-) . if you leave them in too long, like over
winter, much of them will turn to slush.
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il Sat, 06 Mar 2004 00:22:18 GMT, "Norma J. Briggs" ha scritto:

I know this is a silly question for the old timers, but...I live in zone
9
and planted mine (the garlic) in the fall since we have very warm
winters-never even a light freeze-now I have no idea when I should
harvest
it.

Are there signs I look for when it is ready?

Thanks

Norma

The tops go brown :-) . if you leave them in too long, like over
winter, much of them will turn to slush.
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il Sat, 06 Mar 2004 00:22:18 GMT, "Norma J. Briggs" ha scritto:

I know this is a silly question for the old timers, but...I live in zone
9
and planted mine (the garlic) in the fall since we have very warm
winters-never even a light freeze-now I have no idea when I should
harvest
it.

Are there signs I look for when it is ready?

Thanks

Norma

The tops go brown :-) . if you leave them in too long, like over
winter, much of them will turn to slush.
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Norma J. Briggs wrote:
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il Sat, 06 Mar 2004 00:22:18 GMT, "Norma J. Briggs" ha scritto:


I know this is a silly question for the old timers, but...I live in zone

9

I "assume" that you know to cut the scapes off.

I harvest mine when the majority of the leaves are brown. I clean them
off and hang them upside down in a cool dry place with good
ventilation for a week or two and then cut the stems off and store.

Typically in New York zone 5 a/b (Mid-Hudson Valley) that's in late
June or early July. I have no clue when it would be for zone 9

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when do you harvest garlic?
 

Norma J. Briggs wrote:
Thanks Everyone!
"Loki" wrote in message
...

il Sat, 06 Mar 2004 00:22:18 GMT, "Norma J. Briggs" ha scritto:


I know this is a silly question for the old timers, but...I live in zone

9

I "assume" that you know to cut the scapes off.

I harvest mine when the majority of the leaves are brown. I clean them
off and hang them upside down in a cool dry place with good
ventilation for a week or two and then cut the stems off and store.

Typically in New York zone 5 a/b (Mid-Hudson Valley) that's in late
June or early July. I have no clue when it would be for zone 9

--
Steve

Men are from Earth. Women are from Earth. Deal with it.

when do you harvest garlic?
 

Norma J. Briggs wrote:
Thanks Everyone!
"Loki" wrote in message
...

il Sat, 06 Mar 2004 00:22:18 GMT, "Norma J. Briggs" ha scritto:


I know this is a silly question for the old timers, but...I live in zone

9

I "assume" that you know to cut the scapes off.

I harvest mine when the majority of the leaves are brown. I clean them
off and hang them upside down in a cool dry place with good
ventilation for a week or two and then cut the stems off and store.

Typically in New York zone 5 a/b (Mid-Hudson Valley) that's in late
June or early July. I have no clue when it would be for zone 9

--
Steve

Men are from Earth. Women are from Earth. Deal with it.

when do you harvest garlic?
 

Thank you, I was going to ask about zone 5. :)

when do you harvest garlic?
 

Thank you, I was going to ask about zone 5. :)

when do you harvest garlic?
 

Thank you, I was going to ask about zone 5. :)

when do you harvest garlic?
 

when do you harvest garlic?
 

b wrote:

(Pen) wrote in message . com...

Thank you, I was going to ask about zone 5. :)



I'm in England and don't understand all these zones

Not a wise crack, but google is your friend...

http://seedrack.com/eurozones.html

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when do you harvest garlic?
 

when do you harvest garlic?
 

b wrote:

(Pen) wrote in message . com...

Thank you, I was going to ask about zone 5. :)



I'm in England and don't understand all these zones

Not a wise crack, but google is your friend...

http://seedrack.com/eurozones.html

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Steve

Men are from Earth. Women are from Earth. Deal with it.

when do you harvest garlic?
 

il Sun, 14 Mar 2004 16:37:05 GMT, Steve Calvin ha scritto:

b wrote:

(Pen) wrote in message
. com...

Thank you, I was going to ask about zone 5. :)



I'm in England and don't understand all these zones

Not a wise crack, but google is your friend...

http://seedrack.com/eurozones.html

Interesting. Got one for New Zealand and Australia. And what do you
do if you're 2 zones?
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when do you harvest garlic?
 

il Sun, 14 Mar 2004 16:37:05 GMT, Steve Calvin ha scritto:

b wrote:

(Pen) wrote in message
. com...

Thank you, I was going to ask about zone 5. :)



I'm in England and don't understand all these zones

Not a wise crack, but google is your friend...

http://seedrack.com/eurozones.html

Interesting. Got one for New Zealand and Australia. And what do you
do if you're 2 zones?
--
Cheers,
Loki [ Brevity is the soul of wit. W.Shakespeare ]

when do you harvest garlic?
 

il Sun, 14 Mar 2004 16:37:05 GMT, Steve Calvin ha scritto:

b wrote:

(Pen) wrote in message
. com...

Thank you, I was going to ask about zone 5. :)



I'm in England and don't understand all these zones

Not a wise crack, but google is your friend...

http://seedrack.com/eurozones.html

Interesting. Got one for New Zealand and Australia. And what do you
do if you're 2 zones?
--
Cheers,
Loki [ Brevity is the soul of wit. W.Shakespeare ]

when do you harvest garlic?
 

il Sun, 14 Mar 2004 16:37:05 GMT, Steve Calvin ha scritto:

b wrote:

(Pen) wrote in message
. com...

Thank you, I was going to ask about zone 5. :)



I'm in England and don't understand all these zones

Not a wise crack, but google is your friend...

http://seedrack.com/eurozones.html

Interesting. Got one for New Zealand and Australia. And what do you
do if you're 2 zones?
--
Cheers,
Loki [ Brevity is the soul of wit. W.Shakespeare ]

when do you harvest garlic?
 

Loki wrote:

il Sun, 14 Mar 2004 16:37:05 GMT, Steve Calvin ha scritto:


b wrote:


(Pen) wrote in message

. com...

Thank you, I was going to ask about zone 5. :)



I'm in England and don't understand all these zones

Not a wise crack, but google is your friend...

http://seedrack.com/eurozones.html


Interesting. Got one for New Zealand and Australia. And what do you
do if you're 2 zones?

Well, just kind of split the difference. I'm in sort of the same
situation. Either 5A or 5B depending on which map I look at. It's all
very much guesswork anyhow depending on the weather during any given
year. Just use the maps as guidelines and most years you'll be fine.

--
Steve

Men are from Earth. Women are from Earth. Deal with it.

when do you harvest garlic?
 

Loki wrote:

il Sun, 14 Mar 2004 16:37:05 GMT, Steve Calvin ha scritto:


b wrote:


(Pen) wrote in message

. com...

Thank you, I was going to ask about zone 5. :)



I'm in England and don't understand all these zones

Not a wise crack, but google is your friend...

http://seedrack.com/eurozones.html


Interesting. Got one for New Zealand and Australia. And what do you
do if you're 2 zones?

Well, just kind of split the difference. I'm in sort of the same
situation. Either 5A or 5B depending on which map I look at. It's all
very much guesswork anyhow depending on the weather during any given
year. Just use the maps as guidelines and most years you'll be fine.

--
Steve

Men are from Earth. Women are from Earth. Deal with it.

when do you harvest garlic?
 

I am in Kansas (zone 5) and used to live in Arkansas (zone 7). In both
places I let the garlic send up the seed pods, cut them off , while quite
immature, and used them in cooking.

Then I gave the garlic another few weeks (until the leaves start browning on
the ends (normally August), and dig it all up. I wash them off, cut the
stems off leaving about 4 to 6 inches on the garlic head. Then I let them
lay inside somewhere out of the sun to day for about 10 to 15 days.

Then I put them inside hung up or inside a paper bag in a cool room. About
Sept 15 to 30, I split as many heads as I need to plant my next years crop.

I plant the big cloves and use the smaller ones. They come up just in time
for winter to hit them, but they stay green all winter and renew my crop.

I realize all of you knew this, but it may help someone just starting to
grow garlic for the first time. Mine may not be the only way to do it, so
please share your experiences with us.

Dwayne


"Steve Calvin" wrote in message
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Loki wrote:

il Sun, 14 Mar 2004 16:37:05 GMT, Steve Calvin ha scritto:


b wrote:


(Pen) wrote in message

. com...

Thank you, I was going to ask about zone 5. :)



I'm in England and don't understand all these zones

Not a wise crack, but google is your friend...

http://seedrack.com/eurozones.html


Interesting. Got one for New Zealand and Australia. And what do you
do if you're 2 zones?

Well, just kind of split the difference. I'm in sort of the same
situation. Either 5A or 5B depending on which map I look at. It's all
very much guesswork anyhow depending on the weather during any given
year. Just use the maps as guidelines and most years you'll be fine.

--
Steve

Men are from Earth. Women are from Earth. Deal with it.

when do you harvest garlic?
 

il Sun, 14 Mar 2004 22:09:25 GMT, Steve Calvin ha scritto:


Well, just kind of split the difference. I'm in sort of the same
situation. Either 5A or 5B depending on which map I look at. It's all
very much guesswork anyhow depending on the weather during any given
year. Just use the maps as guidelines and most years you'll be fine.

Where are the main maps? The one I found didn't have those B's and
A's. We get winter frosts of -3 to -5 at the most.

--
Cheers,
Loki [ Brevity is the soul of wit. W.Shakespeare ]

when do you harvest garlic?
 

il Sun, 14 Mar 2004 22:09:25 GMT, Steve Calvin ha scritto:


Well, just kind of split the difference. I'm in sort of the same
situation. Either 5A or 5B depending on which map I look at. It's all
very much guesswork anyhow depending on the weather during any given
year. Just use the maps as guidelines and most years you'll be fine.

Where are the main maps? The one I found didn't have those B's and
A's. We get winter frosts of -3 to -5 at the most.

--
Cheers,
Loki [ Brevity is the soul of wit. W.Shakespeare ]