Has anyone started lifting their garlic yet?
I am thinking of taking up the badly rusted ones as they are bit close together and dont wish the other ones to be become rusted!
Lifted ours today because the tops had died off and its the worst harvest of garlic we have ever had. Elephant garlic looks a bit better but thats not ready to be lifted yet.
We normally leave them in until athird of teh leaves go brown about end july
I lifted mine last week as the foliage had already gone yellow. They're drying nicely. Just have to figure out how to string 'em up now.
Took ours up about 2 weeks ago - stems rotten with the rain and the slugs/snails hanging off what was left of the stems. Now drying out in the greenhouse - not perfect but not to bad.
I've only lifted my early variety, about week ago. I noticed yesterday that some other varieties are getting ready for lifting..but some are still really green and will take couple of weeks more at least to 'ripen' up.
I'm just waiting this rain to calm down so I'm able to carry on... ::)
yeah, lifted a few growing in my old cold frame (entire site has white rot) - rusting and cloves have not split but perfectly edible - will pretend it is smallish elephant garlic. Not sure if there is any value hanging on longer so will probably harvest if rain ever stops.
I've lifted mine - the first lot two weeks ago and the rest a week ago. With all this rain I was afraid it would rot in the ground like it did last year. One lot strung up earlier today and the rest cleaned up and laid out to dry. Not as big as I would like but without some sunshine to ripen the bulbs it's not surprising.
Lifted Iberian White on 1st July. rest will be harvested tomorrow, I hope!