Growing this relative of the onion takes patience.
It takes about eight months after planting before you’re free to enjoy the fruits of your labor.
If you’ve grown, harvested, and stored garlic properly, you’ll have homegrown garlic all winter.
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Garlic is one of thebest garden vegetablesfor long-term storage.
Most gardenersplant garlic in the falland wait for the plants to sprout the following spring.
But if you planted garlic in the early spring, the harvest will come in late summer.
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Timing is quite important when it comes to harvesting and storing garlic.
A dry spell will help to cure the garlic in the ground.
So always dig up your garlic.
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Tip
If you damage a bulb when digging it up, use it immediately.
It will deteriorate fast and is not suitable for storage.
Cure the Garlic
Garlic should be cured or dried before storing it for later use.
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Garlic harvested too early is not fully developed.
The bulbs are undersized and the outer covering will be too thin.
The garlic is perfectly edible though.
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You don’t have to wait to eat garlic after it’s picked.
Garlic is ready to be eaten right after the harvest.
Growing Garlic in Home Gardens.University of Minnesota Extension.
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Garlic Production for the Gardener.
University of Georgia Extension.
Garlic leaves yellow then wilt.
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University of Minnesota Extension.
Grow and Save Garlic.
