Overwintered garlic

[jokey]

hi all

last year my overwintered garlic was ready early June.  this year i have had a delve to see if the bulbs are swelled at all and there is nothing there ??? Does this happen quite quickly or is my garlic doomed.

i really need to pull my onion and garlic before mid june to get my brassica's in.

any help appreciated, i don't want to pull up the garlic if it needs a bit longer, at least my onions look good

jo

[jokey]

[goodlife]

Well...usually the earliest garlic is not ready until late June onwards...and  we had really cold spell some few weeks as well..I suspect they will be little late.
I think you are 'pushing' to get your garlic ready bit too early..it is not doomed, but such is gardening 'life' that not all goes according our best plans. Your garlic will form bulbs as and when it is ready..it don't happen over night but will take few weeks at least.
Last year garlic was ready that bit of earlier as the spring with warm weather started earlier too..and it never turned cold anymore like this this year.

[Ninnyscrops.]

Mine isn't nearly ready, (I did dig one up) I think it's had a confused season so far  ::)

Ninny

[jokey]

thanks for your replies, i'll have to learn to be more patient

jo

[BarriedaleNick]

I alwyas pull my garlic in weeks 1-2 of June but this year white rot has got the better of me (did a test pull to check - see other garlic thread) so I pulled them yesterday.
They are actually OK - well those that arent rotted!  Decent sized bulbs with a few on the small size but overall I was very happy given that I thought they were all going to be affected..

[strawberry1]

one type of mine had rust, so I took it up three days ago. No bulbs at all. Such is life but I quickly put another veg in the bed so no time wasted

Another type has much less rust so I am watching and waiting

[rokerman1973]

If garlic has rust does it have to come up? Or could it be left. All my garlic have some degree of rust. My over winter onions and shallots look perfect, in fact som of the onions look ready for use.

[goodlife]

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If garlic has rust does it have to come up? No it don't have to come up. It only affect the above ground bits..though it makes you plants bit sad and can effect the growth. But as long as you garlic is able to 'hold on' and keep growing better you bulbs will be. It is waiste full to pull them up for sake of it. Once up and lifted and dried the stems with the rust can be then cut off and disposed.
I've never had rust that bad that it would have killed my plants and prevented me getting half decent crop..and I don't have every year neither. Its now 3 years since I've last time had rust and I put it down to being now more careful with the feeding and suppose dry early spring weather has had something to do with as well.

[Robert_Brenchley]

A bit of rust makes no difference. One year I had so much it killed the topgrowth on my garlic; I still got a reduced crop.

[Jokerman]

My neighbour picked his Garlic last week and they had fair sized bulbs, I pulled up one of mine and it was pathetic. Gonna leave mine in for a few more weeks and cross my fingers, toes and legs....

[antsuxx]

Hi , well mine were overwintered and have done  well   size  wise, but,they now  have rust, got  my stock from the garlic farm On isle of  wight, so a bit  dissapointed, .

[Jeannine]

I always start itching to pull my garlic about this time but resistance is the key. I have 24 vareties growing so need to give them every day I can to get the best bulbs for next year. Oh the pressure.

XX Jeannine

[betula]

I have to give up my old allotment on June the 9th so was really hoping my overwintering garlic would be ready,tested a few , not much there yet.At least they are healthy.

Same for my earlies but not had a firkle yet  :-\

[LonghornGardens]

Just pulled my early garlic, Inchelium Red.  I have about 4 times as much Nootka Rose to harvest in a month in a half.

[Poolcue]

Have no intention of looking at it until after 21st June.

[antipodes]

Well, I usually just wait until mine is looking really dead on top. So far they are yellowing quickly, so I don't think they will be ready for another 2 weeks. But I am usually 2 weeks ahead of the UK here.... Mine were planted in November and December. I can boast that I am one of the few people on our site to grow garlic, for some reason the others insist on planting in spring and don't get a good crop, or follow a belief that "you can't grow garlic on this site, it doesn't work". They usually are amazed at my crop....I must have sold my soul to the devil!!!!

[Alex133]

I always have rust and it doesn't seem to affect the bulbs, just looks a bit ugly. May be wrong but think it's in the air rather than the original bulb.