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Siwsan

(27,309 posts)
Tue Jul 4, 2023, 09:02 AM Jul 2023

It is now that 'Should I pull the garlic, or wait a little longer' stage of gardening

The paper on the scapes are just barely starting to dry and the bottle leaves are brown. The problem is, we've gotten a lot of rain and I hate pulling garlic when the ground is wet.

It's going to be 90, today and tomorrow, so maybe I'll pull a few from the south facing gardens, later this afternoon, and see how it looks. (Yea, it's growing in EVERY garden.)

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It is now that 'Should I pull the garlic, or wait a little longer' stage of gardening (Original Post) Siwsan Jul 2023 OP
I have been told it keeps vampires 🧛‍♀️ at bay. Polly Hennessey Jul 2023 #1
It must, because I've never had problems with them. Siwsan Jul 2023 #4
Pull it and bury it in the deepest hole you can dig, then cover it with concrete. Ocelot II Jul 2023 #2
Hate garlic? wryter2000 Jul 2023 #3
Yup, hate it, onions too. Ocelot II Jul 2023 #5
I LOVE garlic. Especially my home grown stuff. Siwsan Jul 2023 #6
You left the scapes on? If you think the garlic is close pull one and see. dem4decades Jul 2023 #7
nice luttle bunch of red "heat wave" tomatoes. rampartc Jul 2023 #8
I've got a lot of green Early Girl, Grape and Cherry tomatoes. Siwsan Jul 2023 #9
i've been growing "sweet hundreds, " small cherries but very tasty rampartc Jul 2023 #10

Ocelot II

(121,119 posts)
2. Pull it and bury it in the deepest hole you can dig, then cover it with concrete.
Tue Jul 4, 2023, 09:05 AM
Jul 2023

I'm kidding; that's just what I would do because I hate garlic.

Siwsan

(27,309 posts)
6. I LOVE garlic. Especially my home grown stuff.
Tue Jul 4, 2023, 09:13 AM
Jul 2023

When I have any sort of respiratory infection, I make a vegetable soup with so much garlic in it, my eyes start to water.

It has cured infections better than any OTC or prescribed medications I've tried.

dem4decades

(11,938 posts)
7. You left the scapes on? If you think the garlic is close pull one and see.
Tue Jul 4, 2023, 09:15 AM
Jul 2023

Our leaves haven't turned brown yet and we could use some sun. We've had days upon days of that shit southern weather getting pumped up to us, humid, wet, thunderstorms, just plain miserable.

rampartc

(5,835 posts)
8. nice luttle bunch of red "heat wave" tomatoes.
Tue Jul 4, 2023, 09:19 AM
Jul 2023

i was going to pick them yesterday morning for maximum beauty and flavor. walked to the garden with my picking basket , but, that 'possum did not even thank me for his beautiful, tasty breakfast. have you ever seen a 'possum run, or jump a fence? they are surprising athletic..

Siwsan

(27,309 posts)
9. I've got a lot of green Early Girl, Grape and Cherry tomatoes.
Tue Jul 4, 2023, 09:37 AM
Jul 2023

The San Marzano and Marinara are coming along. Still waiting on the Golden Jubilee.

Our weather has been so erratic. Today and tomorrow at 90 then fluctuating between the mid 70's and low 80's for the rest of the week.

rampartc

(5,835 posts)
10. i've been growing "sweet hundreds, " small cherries but very tasty
Tue Jul 4, 2023, 03:39 PM
Jul 2023

"celebrity" is about played out but they are always good.

i've been growing the heat resistant varieties , "heat wave" and most years i like "phoenix," but they have refused to set this year (it may be too hot even for them.)

tomatoes are my favorite crop. we did not have much winter this year so i had an early start and a bumper crop before the hornworms arrived.....

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