My garlic is starting to turn brown and is starting to sprout seed heads, is it ok to leave in the ground or should I dig it! I have never grown garlic before so are not to sure on just when to dig it. TAI
cantabman1,
Dec 24, 12:57am
you could grow them, and replant the bulbs the next season for a crop, but really its a waist of time.far better to get the outer bigger cloves from a bulb and plant them out around the shortest day. There was a great articule in NZ gardener last may or June on how to get the best results, a copy is maybe availale at your local libruary. My 60 odd plants are at the same stage as yours, but im going to leave them just a few more weeks and pull them in mid January.
bjane,
Dec 24, 12:32pm
I had suggested to plant them and use the greenery as garlic chives but yeah, not much good as actual garlic.
kaliyuga,
Dec 25, 12:34am
best to pull it up, i read that you do so when half green half yellow/brown, they keep better than if you leave them to go totally brown.
eurika,
Dec 28, 9:15am
Thanks for all the feedback and think I will do the same as you cantabman1 which should see them at a simular stage as kaliyuga's one, half yellow/brown.
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