Green Garlic

 Having pulled and dried my garlic, I notice that it has grown so well
that some of the bulbs have split as the cloves have expanded. The
cloves have turned green on the outside, instead of the purlish colour
they should be.

Are they OK to eat and will they store? (I'm pretty sure they are, but
SWMBO wants reassurance!)

Thanks


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Roger T

700 ft up in Mid-Wales

 On 17/08/2011 12:00, Roger Tonkin wrote:

It has been a funny year for garlic.
Amongst the odder ones I have seen are:

a single garlic clove has grown into a small round onion shape.

some have nice flowers on, and some have a similar structure but with a
host of small bulbs instead of flowers at the top.

These are all mainstream garlics growing in a clay soil.

The onions by comparison have been well behaved and are fattening up
nicely. Trace of blight on the spuds though :(

Regards,
Martin Brown

 
Isn't that a lack of a cold spell?  And I believe elephant garlic is 'meant'
to do that.


No blight (touch wood) on my allotment so far.  Nick was stunned that I have
unblighted tomatoes, apparently everyone else's have succumbed already.  So
that's a thumbs up to the blight resistant strain I used, if only I could
remember what it was ...
(could have been 'shirley' - sure it wasn't 'ferline', cos I only had an
 empty packet for them!)

Wonder if they were also protected cos they are growing 'under' the beans,
and the bean leaves may stop the fungus floating in ..

 

I have the same and also many others are just like an onion, as in one
large bulb. I have only grown garlic for 2 years, this is year 2 and last
year every one was perfect and have used them to plant this year.

I can't offer any advice but at least you are not alone.

Baz

 On Wed, 17 Aug 2011 12:00:00 +0100, Roger Tonkin


They are not in the potato family so I don't think it makes any
difference .  I would have no hesitation using them.

Pam in Bristol