Garlic Maturing Early - Page 2

fortyonenorth · May 26, 2012

I was surprised to see some of my Asiatics and Turbans beginning to lodge. Checked them and found almost full-sized bulbs. My Chinese Pink is 2" and others are nearly as large. Last year I harvested the early types between 6/18 and 6/29. I'll let mine go another week, but no way will they last that long this year. I'll chalk it up to our unusually mild winter and balmy March. Anyone else having similar experience?

BTW, my maturity gauge for harvest varies based on type. I still have a hard time getting top-sized Rocamboles, but otherwise it has worked pretty well for me in the past.

Asiatics - as soon as leaves begin to turn brown - don't wait for 40%
Turban - just after Asiatics, a week or so after seed head emerges
Artichoke - 1/2 leaves brown
Standard PS - 1/3 leaves brown
Marbled PS - 2/3 leaves brown
Porcelain - 1/3 leaves brown
Rocambole - 1/3 leaves brown
Silverskin - 1/2 leaves brown

This is info I garnered from various sources, notably Ron Engeland's book and the Heirloom Vegetable Archive (http://sev.lternet.edu/~jnekola/Heirloom/) which has an excellent section on garlic.

May 26, 2012	#1
fortyonenorth Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: NW Indiana Posts: 1,150	Garlic Maturing Early I was surprised to see some of my Asiatics and Turbans beginning to lodge. Checked them and found almost full-sized bulbs. My Chinese Pink is 2" and others are nearly as large. Last year I harvested the early types between 6/18 and 6/29. I'll let mine go another week, but no way will they last that long this year. I'll chalk it up to our unusually mild winter and balmy March. Anyone else having similar experience? BTW, my maturity gauge for harvest varies based on type. I still have a hard time getting top-sized Rocamboles, but otherwise it has worked pretty well for me in the past. Asiatics - as soon as leaves begin to turn brown - don't wait for 40% Turban - just after Asiatics, a week or so after seed head emerges Artichoke - 1/2 leaves brown Standard PS - 1/3 leaves brown Marbled PS - 2/3 leaves brown Porcelain - 1/3 leaves brown Rocambole - 1/3 leaves brown Silverskin - 1/2 leaves brown This is info I garnered from various sources, notably Ron Engeland's book and the Heirloom Vegetable Archive (http://sev.lternet.edu/~jnekola/Heirloom/) which has an excellent section on garlic.