http://durgan.org/2017/July%202017/15%20July%202017%20Garlic%20Rounds%20Harvested/HTML/ 15 July 2017 Garlic Rounds Harvested The garlic rounds were harvested and set to dry for planting in the Fall of 2017. Each round will produce four cloves which will used for a main crop in 2018. The 2017 crop has not been harvested yet. Six scape seed heads were wrapped in gauze to collect the seeds as they mature. One seed head produces many seeds around 50 plus. The seeds fall out if not trapped. This method means all of the main crop can be utilized instead of a portion being used for planting for the next year’s crop.
The cycle is: Seeds (bulbils) plant in October. Harvest Rounds in July of following year. Dry and plant in October. Harvest in July of following year a bulb with four almost normal size cloves. Dry and plant in October. Harvest a normal crop in July of the following year. Always have some seeds growing and some rounds. Obtain new seeds by letting a few of the main crop produce some. This means all the garlic produced will be clones of the original and renewed every three years.
23 July 2017 Rounds Dried http://durgan.org/2017/July%202017/23%20July%202017%20Rounds%20Dried/HTML/ 23 July 2017 Rounds Dried Rounds stored for planting in October 2017. There are 41 which will produce four cloves each for a total of 164 mature garlic bulbs when planted in 2018.
