I dug up my garlic....

[Barnowl]

There's yellowy brown and then there's rusty brown!  If it's the latter they may not yet be ready to pull up. There's an element of trial and  error,  especially if your crop has been hit by rust. If in doubt pull one up to have look. If it comes up without a decent bulb it's best to leave them in for a bit longer and hope they'll bulb up.

The garlic in Jessands photo looks too young to have been harvested rather than there being anything wrong with it.

I seem to go against all general practices by planting mine in mid-late March.

Sounds interesting and perhaps one could mimic a cold spell using the fridge or even the freezer?

[Barnowl]

[Robert_Brenchley]

Lift it when it starts to flop over.

[grawrc]

Robert my garlic never flops over. It goes yellow and rigid! I usually lift it when it is still showing a wee touch of green, then leave it for a few days before plaiting them together. I soak the stalks to soften them so that they bend for plaiting.

Last year, after Peter's death, I lifted it very late and many of the roots were already splitting up so I just stored it in a garlic pot. I was very disappointed in it at the time, but am still using it so it can't have been that awful - just a bit small.

[jordsbabe]

can you grow galic in pots and in green houses? ???

[Robert_Brenchley]

You could certainly grow it in a large pot, but as it's a cold climate plant, why use a greenhouse? Overwintering them inside would be a bad idea as they need the chill to stimulate cloving.

[jordsbabe]

That's good news, my greenhouse seems to be filling up quickly, don' t think hubby will let me have another one!