Harvesting of winter garlic
To understand whether to start harvesting of winter garlic in the first place you want to look at the leaves: if the lower leaves turned yellow and withered, the time has come. You must also look at the ends of the garlic stalks: burst bulbs-boxes of seeds (gardeners call them bullockii) also suggests that the harvest time has come. In General, it is believed that winter garlic Matures in one hundred days after planting, therefore, after some simple calculations, you can specify the intended time of harvesting.
Remove winter garlic in dry weather, and preferably in the morning. Onion podkonice lightly with a shovel, then gently pull it out of the earth, holding the feathers. Lay it on the ground (or a litter), then start digging up the following bulbs. After the entire crop is dug, cover the bulbs with a cotton cloth (this will prevent intensive evaporation and garlic during drying will not burst), and if the weather allows, leave the garlic for a few days (three to five days). Over time, transfer the crop in a dry well ventilated room, and after a month you can start trimming roots and stalks about.
Harvesting spring garlic
Harvesting of the summer, garlic is usually occur in mid-August to mid-September. The first signs of ripening: softening of the cervical follicles, stopping the growth of feathers, massive yellowing their tips, lodging of the stems. All these signs say that the root system of the plants die, the garlic is generated, so wait for a Sunny day, and proceed to harvest. The technology of harvesting and storage preparation similar to that described above, however, it should be noted that spring garlic requires more careful handling than winter.
