#1: Garlic After the Foliage Fall

Posted on 2006-07-07 19:01:14 by fleemo17

The foliage in my garlic patch has fallen over and is turning
yellow/brown. I've dug up a few of the garlic bulbs but they're a bit
on the small side. Will they continue to grow if I leave them in the
ground longer, or does the falling over signal the end of the growing
process?

-Fleemo

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#2: Re: Garlic After the Foliage Fall

Posted on 2006-07-07 19:03:14 by JoeSpareBedroom

<fleemo17@comcast.net> wrote in message
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> The foliage in my garlic patch has fallen over and is turning
> yellow/brown. I've dug up a few of the garlic bulbs but they're a bit
> on the small side. Will they continue to grow if I leave them in the
> ground longer, or does the falling over signal the end of the growing
> process?
>
> -Fleemo
>

They're done growing for now. If you do nothing with them, they'll sprout
again next year, but it's also possible they'll rot, depending on drainage
and weather. When the scapes (flowers & seed pods) formed, did you cut them
off? If not, you should. You'll get bigger garlic.

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#3: Re: Garlic After the Foliage Fall

Posted on 2006-07-07 19:50:25 by fleemo17

>They're done growing for now.<

Yo Joe, thanks for the info.

>When the scapes (flowers & seed pods) formed, did you cut them off?<

I didn't get any scapes on my garlic this year, just nice blades of
foliage. I did, however, grow some sweetpeas in close to the garlic,
which may have zapped some of the soil's nutrients and robbed a bit of
sunlight. Next year, the garlic gets the entire bed by itself.

Time to harvest some garlic (even if they are a bit puny).

-Fleemo

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#4: Re: Garlic After the Foliage Fall

Posted on 2006-07-09 16:22:37 by Dwayne

What kind of garlic did you plant? Some are small and then there is
elephant garlic. I plant my garlic cloves in Aug/early Sept, and harvest it
in July. I cure it after washing off the dirt, by laying it on the back
porch in a single layer, in the shade for 10 to 15 days. Then I move it
inside to a cool room . I harvested 53 heads of garlic this year, 3/4 th of
it was elephant garlic.

I do water it regularly. I soak the ground at least once a week during the
growing season. When ever I came across one that didn't get the water
(wasn't close enough to the soaker hose), found that it didn't split into
cloves. Those I replant right away for next year.

Good luck and have fun.

Dwayne


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