Wednesday, July 15, 2020
Softneck garlic doesn't normally grow very well in the northeast, but I threw cloves from one California Early Garlic head into my low tunnel back in autumn, and now here we are with a nice little softneck garlic harvest. Softneck garlic stores longer than hardneck garlic, and it's so easy (as all garlic is) that I might grow it again next year!
I harvested most of the California Early (softneck) a few days ago, but the latest harvest has one big, beefy head that I'm reserving for planting by keeping in warm, humid conditions (i.e., screened-in porch).
July 13, 2020
The rest of the softneck garlic was braided and hung up in the garage to cure, more or less according to these instructions for curing garlic on GardenBetty.
And a month later, I cleaned all the garlic heads by trimming the dried roots, and removing the top layer or two of papery skin. They're now hanging from their braids in the basement:
August 22, 2020
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