The garlic that I planted last fall has grown tall, and is just now
starting to brown and a few plants have even toppled over. I'm
anxious to harvest them so I can replace them with an early variety of
corn before it gets too late in the season. Are the garlic bulbs
likely to get much larger in the next three weeks or so, or are they
pretty much done with their growing and are close enough to being done
to harvest?


Thanks.

Cant tell you what to do, but when 50 percent of onions are brown and have
fallen over, I bend them all over and leave then another 10 days before
digging. I would imagine that if you are satisfied with the size of your
garlic, you could harvest it when ever you are ready.

Dwayne




"Fleemo" wrote in message
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The garlic that I planted last fall has grown tall, and is just now
starting to brown and a few plants have even toppled over. I'm
anxious to harvest them so I can replace them with an early variety of
corn before it gets too late in the season. Are the garlic bulbs
likely to get much larger in the next three weeks or so, or are they
pretty much done with their growing and are close enough to being done
to harvest?


Thanks.

(Fleemo) wrote:

The garlic that I planted last fall has grown tall, and is just now
starting to brown and a few plants have even toppled over. I'm
anxious to harvest them so I can replace them with an early variety of
corn before it gets too late in the season. Are the garlic bulbs
likely to get much larger in the next three weeks or so, or are they
pretty much done with their growing and are close enough to being done
to harvest?
You could do a spot check. Pick on that has been brown for the longest
and see if the size is reasonable. If it is pick one of the
youngest--greenest. You'll have an idea of the range of sizes you may
get if you harvest now.
DiGiTAL_ViNYL (no email)

Dwayne, what's the advantage of bending the stalks over?

-F


"Dwayne" wrote in message ...
Cant tell you what to do, but when 50 percent of onions are brown and have
fallen over, I bend them all over and leave then another 10 days before
digging. I would imagine that if you are satisfied with the size of your
garlic, you could harvest it when ever you are ready.

Dwayne




"Fleemo" wrote in message
om...
The garlic that I planted last fall has grown tall, and is just now
starting to brown and a few plants have even toppled over. I'm
anxious to harvest them so I can replace them with an early variety of
corn before it gets too late in the season. Are the garlic bulbs
likely to get much larger in the next three weeks or so, or are they
pretty much done with their growing and are close enough to being done
to harvest?


Thanks.

(Fleemo) wrote in message . com...
The garlic that I planted last fall has grown tall, and is just now
starting to brown and a few plants have even toppled over. I'm
anxious to harvest them so I can replace them with an early variety of
corn before it gets too late in the season. Are the garlic bulbs
likely to get much larger in the next three weeks or so, or are they
pretty much done with their growing and are close enough to being done
to harvest?


Thanks.

I would interplant corn in the garlic, in fact I always have something
interplanted in the garlic (right now is collard and red cabbage, and
the spinach which have now bolted). The corn will not get roots large
enough to be affected by your harvest 3 weeks from now.

I was told that bending them over breaks them and the energy for the next
ten days goes in making larger onions. I didn't measure before or after
doing it, so I cant make a promise it works, but I have had very nice onions
since I learned that.

Dwayne



"Fleemo" wrote in message
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Dwayne, what's the advantage of bending the stalks over?

-F


"Dwayne" wrote in message
...
Cant tell you what to do, but when 50 percent of onions are brown and
have
fallen over, I bend them all over and leave then another 10 days before
digging. I would imagine that if you are satisfied with the size of
your
garlic, you could harvest it when ever you are ready.

Dwayne




"Fleemo" wrote in message
om...
The garlic that I planted last fall has grown tall, and is just now
starting to brown and a few plants have even toppled over. I'm
anxious to harvest them so I can replace them with an early variety of
corn before it gets too late in the season. Are the garlic bulbs
likely to get much larger in the next three weeks or so, or are they
pretty much done with their growing and are close enough to being done
to harvest?


Thanks.

In article ,
Fleemo wrote:
The garlic that I planted last fall has grown tall, and is just now
starting to brown and a few plants have even toppled over. I'm
anxious to harvest them so I can replace them with an early variety of
corn before it gets too late in the season. Are the garlic bulbs
likely to get much larger in the next three weeks or so, or are they
pretty much done with their growing and are close enough to being done
to harvest?

Three weeks -- possibly some size loss if harvested early. Depending
on weather, you may also have to exert a little more care in drying.

Ron Engeland, in his excellent book "Growing Great Garlic", says:

"Immature garlic lacks character and flavor, although average
consumers will never notice the subtle difference. Overmature
bulbs won't store very long before serious deterioration begins."

As another person has suggested, you may be able to interplant.

HTH --
-frank
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Hmmm, the bending trick sounds pretty cool. I'll definitely try it.

Perhaps I will try and interplant the corn among the garlic, though
usually I like to work in lots of good compost and manure before
starting a new crop. Especially heavy feeders like corn. But perhaps
I can side dress the corn as the season progresses.

Thanks for the advice here folks.

-Fleemo


(Frank Miles) wrote in message ...
In article ,
Fleemo wrote:
The garlic that I planted last fall has grown tall, and is just now
starting to brown and a few plants have even toppled over. I'm
anxious to harvest them so I can replace them with an early variety of
corn before it gets too late in the season. Are the garlic bulbs
likely to get much larger in the next three weeks or so, or are they
pretty much done with their growing and are close enough to being done
to harvest?

Three weeks -- possibly some size loss if harvested early. Depending
on weather, you may also have to exert a little more care in drying.

Ron Engeland, in his excellent book "Growing Great Garlic", says:

"Immature garlic lacks character and flavor, although average
consumers will never notice the subtle difference. Overmature
bulbs won't store very long before serious deterioration begins."

As another person has suggested, you may be able to interplant.

HTH --
-frank
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