General information and discussion about cultivating onions, garlic, shallots and leeks.
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May 26, 2012 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
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Garlic Maturing Early
I was surprised to see some of my Asiatics and Turbans beginning to lodge. Checked them and found almost full-sized bulbs. My Chinese Pink is 2" and others are nearly as large. Last year I harvested the early types between 6/18 and 6/29. I'll let mine go another week, but no way will they last that long this year. I'll chalk it up to our unusually mild winter and balmy March. Anyone else having similar experience?
BTW, my maturity gauge for harvest varies based on type. I still have a hard time getting top-sized Rocamboles, but otherwise it has worked pretty well for me in the past. Asiatics - as soon as leaves begin to turn brown - don't wait for 40% Turban - just after Asiatics, a week or so after seed head emerges Artichoke - 1/2 leaves brown Standard PS - 1/3 leaves brown Marbled PS - 2/3 leaves brown Porcelain - 1/3 leaves brown Rocambole - 1/3 leaves brown Silverskin - 1/2 leaves brown This is info I garnered from various sources, notably Ron Engeland's book and the Heirloom Vegetable Archive (http://sev.lternet.edu/~jnekola/Heirloom/) which has an excellent section on garlic. |
May 26, 2012 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
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Location: Illinois
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I picked mine this week, in Northern Illinois.
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May 26, 2012 | #3 |
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May 26, 2012 | #4 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2012
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Red Janice soft neck.
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May 31, 2012 | #5 |
Tomatovillian™
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Location: North Cent Wisconsin zone 4a
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Nice pics Masbustelo. What varieties are those? When did you plant them?
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May 31, 2012 | #6 |
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Zorro Those are Red Janice garlic. I live in North-Western Illinois Quad-Cities 5b and planted them October 24th. http://midwesterngarden.blogspot.com...-shallots.html
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May 26, 2012 | #7 |
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Really at first I thought maybe a cat had rolled on them and knocked them down. It is so early I wasn't looking for them to be done. So I quick pulled them and planted corn where they had been.
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May 26, 2012 | #8 |
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Wow- I need to take a closer look tomorrow- wasn't even thinking they'd be ready until July. They are still standing upright but I was concerned that some lower leaves were looking yellow. Guess it wouldn't be a good time to fertilize, then. Your maturity gauge will be very helpful- thanks!
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May 26, 2012 | #9 |
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My artichoke garlic was early last year. This year it seems to be way behind with about a third of the leaves brown now. I dug around them to get and idea of how big they are and was pretty diappointed with their size. The good news is there's still a few more weeks for them to fatten up. I just gave them a good soil drench with some liquid organic fert.
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May 27, 2012 | #10 |
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odd picture, i never saw galic lay over like onions.
no sign of scapes, harvest isn't even close. tom
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May 27, 2012 | #11 |
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I know so little about garlic! This is our second year growing it, and I've gotten the same kind both years from my local garden center. They just called it "late italian". Last year, it did get scapes, so I guess I'll wait for those to appear again before checking them. We harvested it in late July last year. They are still mostly green this year, but I expect they will be ready earlier this year...
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May 27, 2012 | #12 |
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I pulled my garlic a week earlier this year...
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May 27, 2012 | #13 |
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I got scapes this week, which is very early for me. turban is starting to bulb, but porcelains and purple stripes arent bulbing yet. rocambole will be later still. i added a lot of organic N at planting and didnt have much precipitation over the winter, no snow cover, so the effect was not a mild winter, but there was an early spring. rocambole seemed to be the least cold tolerant.
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May 29, 2012 | #14 |
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Scapes are early this year and I picked a handful tonight - tossed them with some EV olive oil, curry, and salt, and grilled them. Of course they needed something to go with them, so I threw a full rack of lamb on the grill, along with some baked potatoes, and washed it all down with some Washington State pinot noir. This was capped with some Bailley's cheese cake and a 1995 vintage port. Ahhhaaaaaaa!!!
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May 29, 2012 | #15 |
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LOL Tom, I never thought of rack of lamb as a side dish!
I am getting scapes, this is only my 2nd year growing garlic. I yanked one bulb a week ago desperate for some garlic to cook with and too lazy to drive to the grocery store. Still needs to bulk up, but above ground is looking like it will be ready soon. Will they rot if left in too long?
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