K(caps)nowing when to harvest garlic is an important thing. Harvest time depends on when you plant, so it is best to check upon your plants regularly. In warmer climates, as mine, I begin to harvest my organic garlic as early as spring. Once the tops of your garlic plants start to die back, and you see the leaves starting to decline, you know it’s time to harvest. When you see the leaves starting to decline, stop watering. This dry spell will help to cure the garlic. Harvesting too soon will result in smaller cloves that don’t store well and leaving the bulbs in the ground too long causes the cloves to burst out of their skins, making them unstorable and vulnerable to disease, so you have to harvest your garlic when the tops begin to yellow and fall over, before they are completely dry. Lift the bulbs with a spade and be careful not to dig too close to the heads. Pull the plants, carefully brush off the soil, and let them cure in an airy and shady spot for at least two weeks. In this video, I show you how to harvest garlic the correct way!
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