r/Garlic • u/MotherSelection9155 • 9d ago

Gardening Any thoughts?

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Hi fellow gardeners

Out garlic doesn't create the outer skin and looks scruffy

Soil is really hard to work and unbalanced..

You seen this often?

Any ideas?

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u/MotherSelection9155 9d ago

Thanks guys

We Will just use it of course

Next year will harvest earlier..

But if i had harvested earlier you think they would have created the outer skin??

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u/Aezay 9d ago

It did create the outer layers. Each leaf on a garlic plant, is a layer around the cloves. As the garlic matures, the lower leaves starts to wilt, and that layer below ground dies and basically gets broken down.

Sometimes you will hear people say you have to harvest your garlic when the lower 4 leaves has wilted. I don't like that recommendation, as it can sometimes be really hard to see how many leaves has disappeared. Also, some garlic varieties has different number of total leaves. Instead, check how many green leaves are left on your garlic.

Remember, each leaf corresponds to a layer. And the more layers, the better protected the cloves will be.

In my opinion, you really don't want to go less than 4 green leaves, but 6 is properly better, especially if your ground is wet at the time around harvest.

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u/MotherSelection9155 8d ago

Thanks mate 🤘