My Garlic Experience.
Stiff Neck Snake Garlic
http://Garlic1.notlong.com 31 March 2007 Starting to grow.
31 March 2007. The fifty cloves were planted about 10 cm (4 inches) below the ground on 15 October 2006. No shoots came up until about 25 March 2007. All fifty cloves sprouted and appear quite healthy. The scapes will be harvested just prior to the flower opening, and the bulbs will be pulled about the 5 July 2007. Growth pictures will be presented throughout the season.
http://aipoh.notlong.com/ 1 July 2007 Pulling Garlic and re-planting the area. Pictures. 1 July 2007. Garlic was pulled today and the area planted with two rows of lettuce and one row of Joi Choi for later season use. "Durgan's Method" of planting small seeds is explained with pictures.
http://meiso.notlong.com/ 8 July 2007. Processing Garlic for further drying. The garlic will be dried thoroughly then stored in paper bags.
http://uuwae.notlong.com 13 July Garlic stored.
Two garlic plants did not have the snake seed head (scapes) removed, and these were noticably smaller than the other bulbs. All the other bulbs were about the same size. These are slightly smaller than the crop of last year. This is attributed to insufficient watering. The quality is superb generally, and all would be marketable in the commercial world.
5 June 2008. Thjere are still 7 bulbs from the 2007 crop, and they are in perfect condition. My curing method must be OK.
Garlic Snakes Some interesting information about this garlic plant.