I have harvested my garlic , washed it , now what do I do to store it , and does it keep . Sorry new to gardening
peteyboo1,
Jan 14, 7:23am
washing it isn't ideal. I normally leave mine outside to dry out a bit cut the roots and stems off once dried and then I've stored mine underneath my stairs inside my house cool dry place it should keep awhile
aprilguy,
Jan 14, 8:00am
I don't wash my garlic, I cut off just the roots as I read that the bulbs can still absorb some goodness from the stems, then I hang them in bunches in the garage for a month or two. Later I chop off the stems and hang them in string bags inside over winter.
samanya,
Jan 14, 9:13am
I hang mine in a dry airy place. OK you've washed it & that's not ideal, as peteyboo1 said, but all is not lost . just make sure it's really dry & then hang it. good luck.
nick541,
Jan 15, 1:47am
thanks , Ive got them out drying now
mark_g,
Jun 12, 2:48pm
Some folk that grow it commercially say that cutting the roots off reduces the keeping life of the bulb, so I compromise a bit and leave 6-10mm on. It's too hard to chop it all of anyway.
We plait and hang ours under a sheltered (no overhead sun) breezy porch. I'm looking at some of last seasons garlic, hung this time last year, still there and looking ok. Much of it won't last 12 months - it'll go green and start wanting to sprout in mid-late winter, but some will last a few months longer.
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