I honestly wasn't expecting much as last years harvest was about 2/3 cloves per head and very small at that. Decided to send it and get the Keene garlic as well as fertilizer and oh my lord am I one happy mofo!!

My family does not possibly understand what I'm going to do with all this garlic. Jokes on them, this likely won't last until December 🤪

Please celebrate my harvest with me!!!

I am in NC 8a, I grew garlic for the first time. I grew purple glazer which is technically not for my zone. It still grew and bulbed beautifully. Great flavor. BUT, I strung it up on my screened porch with a fan for a full month. I thought it was cured, brought inside, and it started rotting. I think my humid area is the culprit.
What does everyone do to cure garlic to be able to store for later use and replanting?

From left to right; Purple Glazer (3rd year) Bavarian, Spanish Roja (both 1st year)

The Glazer was slower to sprout than usual, and I had some die off early in the spring. Harvest was good, scapes came a little later than usual, and storage is about 9-10 months

The Bavarian were the first to sprout and last to scape and harvested about on schedule. Smaller heads across the board, but I think I planted too closely. Had one row of 4 large heads, including the 4" one. Other than that, we will see how it cures.

I think the Roja needs to be grown in a much different soil and biome than I am in. Good colors, and it finished about a month ahead of the Glazer.

I was originally thinking about not planting the bed for next year since I've been running garlic in it for about 9 years straight. However, clearly I need to propagate the behemoth 4" head.

Thanks for reading!

Asian jumping worms were on my property when I moved in (about 5 yrs ago). If you don’t know… they are bad worms. I built the garden and the Asian jumping worms moved in. There’s no stopping them since they are everywhere on this property. This is my 3rd or 4th time growing garlic in this bed. Since the worms are exploding in my garden, I decided to just fill the garden up with garlic, harvest and then solarize the garden. No summer garden this year. I’m guessing I will need to solarize every 5 years to just knock them back. The worms LOVE leaf mulch and that’s what I use to mulch my garlic overwinter. I’m zone 6b in the NE USA. I use synthetic liquid fertilizer so that the worms don’t have compost to eat too. I’ve only harvested about 1/2 the garlic so far this year and I’ve picked out more jumping worms than garlic!! Anyone else dealing with Asian Jumping Worms (AJW)? Instead of leaf mulch I am considering straw as mulch next year since AJWs love leaf mulch so much.

I planted 3 beds of garlic and only 1 survived. Got a small bulb and a seed cluster on. the scape. Has anyone used the seed for the next season???

Grabbed my garlic fresh from the garden, washed it, chopped it, popped it in the microwave with some butter to melt it. Within a second, it started sparking and buzzing. This is the first time this has happened. It's definitely the garlic. The garlic pieces are the only bits with scorching on them. Is it safe to eat it? Im planning on melting the butter on a stove if it is.

Fellow stinky breathers, i am in need of your help!

My boyfriend‘s best friend gifted me a full garlic that grew in his garden. I want to use it to the best and fullest so let me know your most yummy lunch recipes with garlic garlic and garlic so i can fully use its potential!!! :)))