A few plants were allowed to produce bulbils, seeds, at the end of the scapes. Upon pulling the plants producing the bulbils, it was noticed that the bulbs were split and the cloves were decidedly larger than those harvested earlier. Anyway I simple dried them and placed in storage in the cold room. To my surprise after four months they were still excellent quality and kept as well a the earlier harvested bulbs. In future I will do two things, leave the scapes on, which I do not enjoy anyway, allow the bulbs to slightly crack then harvest. This means I will still get quality garlic with much large cloves. Garlic is one of the easiest vegetables to grow. In my area nothing attacks it and little care i required. Notice the skin is removed from the bulbs. 2 August 2015 Garlic Harvested 2 August 2015 Garlic Harvested About 80 bulbs of garlic was harvested. The seed scapes were removed which is usually done earlier. The bulbs were hung in the shed to dry duration for about three weeks then will be trimmed for storage.Eight bulbs were left in the ground so the seed pods can mature.They are covered with gauze to contain the seeds, since they disperse when ripe rather quickly. The seeds are called bulbils which are small clones of the bulb in the ground.
