Comments on: Yellow Tips on Garlic and Other Growing Dilemmas

By: Blythe

Blythe — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 14:31:30 +0000

In reply to Teresa Bosley. You are most welcome! Hope you are having a great gardening year!

By: Teresa Bosley

Teresa Bosley — Sat, 27 Jun 2020 13:03:37 +0000

Thank You for great advice

By: Blythe

Blythe — Thu, 17 May 2018 16:23:24 +0000

In reply to Penny Foster.

What a great tip! I am curious, though – do you find that the bulbs with the scapes left on mature more slowly? A lot of people think that by leaving the scapes on, they get smaller bulbs; whereas, I have found that if I just leave them in the ground a little longer, they catch up in size. They seem to store better, too. So many variables go into all that, though! Thanks, Penny – I like how the plants have different ways of telling us how they are doing. (Glad you like the blog 🙂 Thank you. Wish I could find time to write in it more often!)

By: Penny Foster

Penny Foster — Tue, 15 May 2018 16:42:50 +0000

I discovered that leaving the scape on a few garlic plants will tell me when to harvest. The scape unwinds itself and when its standing straight up, its ready. It has worked perfectly for me. I only leave 4 or 5 scapes and that speaks for the rest. Great blog!

By: Blythe

Blythe — Mon, 05 Aug 2013 15:58:10 +0000

In reply to Liz Tobola. Oh yes! The Power of the JuJu should not be lightly discounted! Ha! Thanks for checking in - would love to hear more about what you have growing!

By: Liz Tobola

Liz Tobola — Thu, 01 Aug 2013 18:21:10 +0000

In reply to Liz Tobola. oops, almost the same way...I am a crazy spring planter, so 5 months from planting to harvest. Harvest is about a month later than fall planted garlic :)

By: Liz Tobola

Liz Tobola — Thu, 01 Aug 2013 18:19:15 +0000

Great blog post! I got quite a few chuckles from it. Looks like we grow and harvest garlic same way but, I am going to have to add “a positive juju dance whenever the inspiration strikes!”