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As title really.

I pulled up all the garlic yesterday and wondered if some of the cloves can be planted now or dry them now and plant in Autumn?

Neil

P.s a search for garlic on here brings up to many posts ;D

Possibly a bit premature? What variety?

Whatever, store till the Autumn - or Spring - & only plant the really big ones for storing bulbs.

Photograph??

See ideas on other Garlic thread.

It's probably best to store them till around October. Plant the biggest cloves out of the lot, and eat the rest.

I select the biggest bulbs and hang them up in a cool dry place until required in October!

This year will be my first harvest of my own garlic.  I hope to use 3 bulbs for planting.  When is best to pull autumn planted garlic?  I looked at some cloves yesterday and they seemed a bit small.  (Solent Wight)

QuoteWhen is best to pull autumn planted garlic?

If I am not needing the ground for anything else I just leave them till the tops have died back.

Otherwise I pick at the end of June / early July.

This was my lifting dates in previous years;

5th July 1997
5th July 1999
30th June 2000
8th July 2002
26th June 2003
28th June 2004
11th June 2007 ( Very small bulbs this particular year)
30th June 2008

nb I never noted the dates in the missing years!

I planted some in March so when should I be able to lift it. I think it was Solent White.

Thanks all

They are Thermador and planted back in Sept/Oct

Neil

Lift them as soon as the stems start to flop over.