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Originally Posted by bower
That is a really good page Zipcode posted. I've never seen it but it looks like the effects of cold temperatures. 10 F is mentioned.
OTOH I'm amazed you have separated cloves so early in the season. Could it be that the variety you planted is a Turban? They don't always produce scapes but when they do they are hardnecks. And have a look at the recent thread by GoDawgs, the necks are huge and the foliage like nothing I've ever seen on our northern hardnecks. And they are apparently close to harvest time already.. it's amazing.
If they are turbans, the experts advise to keep checking bulb size and harvest them before they flop over as onions do. By the time they flop over, the cloves are quickly losing their last wrappers so your chances of storage are over.
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Thanks for comment.
You mentioned temp under 10F. Could be. We had temps under 10F many times. In partucular we had as low as 6F once. It killed some of my onions. Thoughno garlic was killed, they lost some older leaves.
Well, of course, I don,t know the store bought variety. But they had hard neck and the color of wrap was white. .
On hoarvesting, I am pretty sure it will some time in late Jun -early July.
One more o servation.
The separated stems actually have more than just one clove , not single clove, as I previously mentioned.
I will take pictures tomorrow and post.