I pulled the other garlic from the comm garden a few days back. The bulbs from these two little beds are bigger and more what I was expecting from the main bed. Most are 2-1/4", some 2-1/2" with a few up to 2-3/4" and not many under 2". Only one scape was unharvested; it has only 5 penny sized bulbils and a 2-1/4" bulb. This is the same clove source and same planting time. Spacing was about the same. The three differences I note are:
-nearly full sun, more air
-rain gutter not draining above it
-was planted more in ground, maybe 2-3" under ground level, with 1-2" of compost over that rather than 4" deep in the raised bed but still above grade.
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