http://www.durgan.org/URL/?FWSTG 6 August 2013 Garlic Seed Collected
The garlic allowed to produce seed was mature. The seed dropped when disturbed so was ripe. The seed pods were shaken above a pail for collection. There are great number of seeds in one pod.
Method of utilizing.
Plant about two inches deep in October.Harvest the one clove produced in July of the following year. Dry and plant in October. The next year will produce three cloves of normal size. Dry and plant each clove, which will produce a normal bulb just like the original. Advantage of this method is cloves of the current crop need not be used for seed, and the grown seeds are disease free.
http://www.durgan.org/URL/?FQQRE 29 July 2013 Garlic Dried
Garlic has been in partial shade for about two weeks and is quite dry and the vegetation has all turned brown, which was cut off. the cloves will be further dried and then the root hairs will be cut close and the garlic stored in a well ventilated cold room. It will last for about eight months. The ten plants allowed to produce seed are still in the ground.
http://www.durgan.org/URL/?RNQHF 16 July 2013 Garlic Harvest
About 100 bulbs of the garlic, hard neck, was harvested. Some had the scapes removed previously and were compared to some with the scapes allowed to grow.No perceptible difference was detected in size.Ten plants were allowed to continue growing to allow the seed pods to mature, since I want to grow some bulbils this year.The harvested plants will be allowed to thoroughly dry over about three weeks in partial shade. After thoroughly cured they will last about eight months.The quality is excellent and comparable to previous years.
http://www.durgan.org/URL/?XOHCE 11 May 2013 Garlic Growing Well. It has been a cool Spring, in spite of the garlic is thriving.
http://www.durgan.org/URL/?TPUDR 16 April 2013 Garlic
The garlic survived the Winter with no damage. I raked the mulch away from the plants to encourage soil warm up.It will be applied later to encourage moisture retention.
http://www.durgan.org/URL/?SXLKB 16 October 2012 Planting Garlic
One hundred cloves of hard neck garlic was planted. Depth is two inches to the base of the clove and spacing is eight inches centre to centre. The clove is simply pushed firmly into the planting area. The bed was covered with about four inches of wood chip mulch to inhibit soil drying from Sun evaporation.The leaves have no difficulty pushing through the mulch. The bed will require no care until harvest in July 2013.Only good shaped and large cloves were selected, but previous experience indicated that even small cloves produce quality garlic the same size as the larger cloves.
http://www.durgan.org/URL/?VGGQP 13 October 2012 Preparing Garlic Bed.
Garlic bed was prepared for the 2012 planting or July,2013 harvest. The bed was enclosed about 7 by 8 feet.Garlic cloves will be planted later in the month of October. A layer of compost(the fertilizer) was added and rototilled into the underlying soil.A new area is selected each year.