This video explains the perfect time to harvest your hardneck garlic crop for the best yield and storage life. For more vegetable growing tips like this visit our online Classroom at www.vegetableacademy.com.
This is the most thorough and best explanation I have ever come across regarding garlic harvest. A big thank you as we get ready to harvest our patch of garlic.
Very well explained -congratulations. It seems that you aren't affected by rust - which complicates the calculation. Interesting too that you aren't harvessting till August - does this mean you've a very long winter season? Our October-sown garlic (UK, equivalent to 9b) seldom make it into the second half of June before being clapped out, and I'm about to dig our 2024 crop at the end of May.
Hi Jared, I had read somewhere about withholding watering for a couple of weeks before harvesting. I think the idea was to help harden off the skins and dry them out. Have you heard of this and what is your opinion on it?
I live in kentucky. I planted the garlic in thr later part of October. I watch the garlic grow long capes and some flowered. Should I harvest now? It is June. Yes, some leave are brown. I don't guess thoughs long flowering scapes I cut off will degrade the taste. What do you think?
Hi Jared, nice video brother. Question for you...i planted my hardback garlic back in October and over wintered them. They are growing excellently with thumb sized stems, but are only about two feet tall. They are puting out their 9'th leave as I type. Since I planted in fall, will I be harvesting much earlier? I have slight yellowing on the very tip of 5'th leave from bottom. Thank you sir :)
These were planted in fall as well. You may need to harvest earlier if you are growing in a warmer zone than us. Just use the tips I provide in this video to hep you judge when the plants are ready for harvest.
