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Originally Posted by PureHarvest
Harvested the Chesnock Red on Saturday. Excellent size on all. Very few smalls, and a smattering of some Jumbo and Colossal. About 1,500 total bulbs.
I'm realizing now that the main harvest we did the previous weekend on the Porcelains was just too early. Many medium and small bulbs.
I was so worried about the heavy rains we were getting plus the upcoming heavy rains that were forecasted that we harvested. I did sense that there was probably one or two green leaves too many still on, but, again, weather fears.
We did end up getting 2+" of rains a few days later, but I don't think it would have hurt anything, as my soil is excessively well-draining. Next year or in the future I would wait a week, even if rain was certain.
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I'm glad you are learning and sharing...just have to remember that each year is different.
When you got that 2"+ last week we got around 5" here. We are in this little slot of a valley, maybe call it a microclimate, and depending on the prevailing direction we can get all or nothing. Couple years ago it was nothing. Over, and over, and over, I had to water practically every night, even though I was getting chased off the lake by thunderstorms. I'd come home wet and have to water the gardens. This past 11 months it has been a whole lot of "all".