[theskull]

Hi guys, I planted a few cloves of garlic last March, Could anyone tell me how can I tell when its time to harvest. I have long green shoots at present..
Regards Tom



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[James Kilkelly]

Garlic bulbs need the cold of the winter to encourage them to split into new garlic bulbs.
I find the old method of sowing on the shortest day (Dec 21st) and harvesting on the longest day (June 21st) to be quite ok.
You have planted a "touch" late theskull, but keep an eye on the plants in late july possibly when the tops start to brown and die back.
You may be able to harvest a crop then.
No promises though.

[Lia]

I also ordered garlic and planted at the beginning of March. The pack says to harvest in August.

[walltoall]

I stick any garlic cloves I find sprouting [in the kitchen] into the soil in one of my larger planters and at the moment one which went in last Summer is looking promising. A second one went in Feb. and is sprouting away. Obviously I won't be looking at a huge crop but my gardening is for fun more than survival.

[Sean Ph'lib]

I grow a bed of garlic every year. I plant it out in November, and it's ready for harvesting in June. Looking at last year's notes, I planted the cloves out on 7th November ( after bringing them along for about a month in modules) and dug them on the 8th June. We're still using that Garlic.

[Garlicbreath]

I plant garlic in November too and harvest June/July.