Rust on Garlic

[antipodes]

Is it really time to be lifting garlic?? Or only overwintered? I planted mine in February. It seems healthy, if rusty, I thought it was more end July to take it out???

[antipodes]

[Robert_Brenchley]

Depends on the variety. My early garlic is starting to keel over, but the maincrop will be a few weeks yet.

[Tee Gee]

I only lifted mine because I thought they would grow no further because of lack of photosynthesis and there was a probability if I left them in the bulbs / cloves might become diseased.


Normally I wouldn't have lifted them for probably another month yet!

[Deb P]

Same here, mine was planted in November and I was expecting to lift it end of July, my garlic at home is rust free and still green and growing well, the lottie stuff was just totally orange with rust!

[Trevor_D]

Normally I wouldn't have lifted them for probably another month yet!

But the whole season is a month early, thanks to a record-breaking April. We started picking the asparagus a fortnight early and - surprise, surprise - it's finishing now, a fortnight early.

We live in uncertain times.....