Garlic Harvest 2023

[IronNoggin]

Got home just in time for the Garlic Harvest:



Now hanging to cure:



The Bulbils are getting rather close:





While the product of last year's Bulbils (and next year's crop) are doing fine overall:





The Lady picked a Winner in this decorative piece!



Cheers,
Nog

[Dewey Cox]

Looks great, but now I just have more questions...

Are the bulbils the part that grows on the shoots?
Are you planting them and they take two years to make a garlic plant?

I think I have garlic envy...

[IronNoggin]

Originally Posted by Dewey Cox

Are the bulbils the part that grows on the shoots?
Are you planting them and they take two years to make a garlic plant?

I think I have garlic envy...

LOL!

The Bulbils form on the scapes. Let them ripen, and they form a bud as shown above with a multitude of miniature garlic clones inside of therm (the purple parts showing above). Harvest them when the bud opens and the Bulbils are about to fall off.

Plant them in the spring for a fall harvest.
Then re-plant them around October to produce the next season's crop.

All of those pictured above were produced by that method.
Means we get to eat all of the year's production rather than using some of it for seed purposes.

Works very well.

Cheers,
Nog

[Okotok]

Some good looking garlic. I bought some "local" Russian garlic at Safeway yesterday that looks similar. $11.99/lb.

[IronNoggin]

Originally Posted by Okotok

Some good looking garlic. I bought some "local" Russian garlic at Safeway yesterday that looks similar. $11.99/lb.

Has indeed gotten rather pricey (along with damn near everything else that is!).

Mine is a hybrid developed specifically for Vancouver Island.
Red Russian Hardneck hybridized with another hybrid itself developed by Gabriola John. Does very well here, and most other places I have sent seed stock to.

Cheers

[CDNOutdoorsman]

I am jealous.
Tried my first garlic this year. I unfortunately didnt buy any last fall to plant so I tried the buy some in the spring, freeze it for a few weeks and then plant it in the spring. Not 1 single one grew for me and I planted around 25-30 cloves.
Can anyone recommend a place for me to purchase this year so I can plant them this fall.
I really want to grow some delicious big garlic bulbs.

Yours look amazing as always Nog