Garlic is harvested when the stalks of the plant are drying up and have turned brown.
Dig up your garlic and store the entire plant in a dry location (i.e., your garage) for about two weeks. Decide how many bulbs you will eat and how many new bulbs you want for next year. Each clove will make a new bulb, so reserve enough bulbs to plant this fall. Since you should rotate your crops, decide where you will plant the garlic. Remember, this bed will need to be well marked and can’t be disturbed for a full year.
Dig up your garlic and store the entire plant in a dry location (i.e., your garage) for about two weeks. Decide how many bulbs you will eat and how many new bulbs you want for next year. Each clove will make a new bulb, so reserve enough bulbs to plant this fall. Since you should rotate your crops, decide where you will plant the garlic. Remember, this bed will need to be well marked and can’t be disturbed for a full year.
Harvested garlic; straw mulch reduces weeds and moisture loss. In late September, break apart your planting bulbs and plant each clove with the pointy end up, approximately 15 cm (6 inches) apart and about 7 cm (3 inches) deep. Water them a couple of times if it’s very dry and it helps to mulch the garlic with straw. If you decide not to mulch, you can seed some lettuce between the garlic before snow falls and you will have an early crop of cutting lettuce.
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