Picking and Curing Garlic

This weekend I picked most of my garlic. Some was already picked before and it's been drying slowly - that was Inchelium Red Garlic- not very large bulbs but the taste is very nice.
My main crop is  German Porcelain  and the one that failed was Kettle River. I used it up when it was young and can't say that I'm impressed with it at all. Not too many bulbs were planted but it should be enough for us for winter. I still have about a dozen or so in the ground that were not quite ready to be picked as it's fully green stems can wait a bit longer.

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  1. Well then, aren't we on the same schedule! Your garlic looks great. We've never tried braiding. Maybe this year...

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    1. I had to laugh when I saw your post - we're all on the same page this time! Daphne also harvested hers two days ago :)

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  2. Very nice garlic harvest - you are about 2 weeks ahead of me as I'm hoping to pull mine by the end of July, which is basically the same as last year. We had such a late start to spring this year that I was sure the garlic would be delayed, but now I don't think it will be.

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    1. I hope yours will turn out very nice and large. it's been a very weird year for sure.

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  3. I grow the same main crop garlic you do (though we call it by a different name, it has a million names). It is the only one I grow because it just does so well here.

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    1. I know it by several names as well, but when I ordered it originally that's the name it came with :) it's very good for storage and eating in my view.

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  4. I just pulled mine this morning. It's a day with no rain in the forecast so they will lay out there to dry out then I'll move them to the garage to cure some more. I had the German extra hardy this year and the bulbs are nice and big. I'm pleased. In the process of posting photos on the blog just now.

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    1. it's been perfect for picking with semicloudy day and dry for next two so I'm happy that it has time to dry. Glad to hear yours was nice and large too!

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  5. I dug the last of my garlic last week too! Inchelium Red doesn't get real big here either but it does have a great taste. And the Kettle Giant did not do well for me. It has taken me several years to figure out the ones that do best for me in my climate, which of course is never quite the same from year to year.

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    1. Do you have any recommendations that taste good and holds well through winter? I tried Inchellium and I liked it very much.

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  6. I dug my garlic on Sunday since we're facing three days of rain. Most did well. I too grow German Extra Hardy, and it did well. I found it doesn't keep very well (my seed garlic was soft by end of October and I couldn't plant the whole row I allocated to it).

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    1. Really? Mine holds very well, and was nice and firm until April. Then it got very soft very fast as it got warm and humid in spring. Though i'm not sure if there is a difference between German Extra Hardy and Porcelain varieties.

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