We've had extremely above-normal heat this summer. I harvested 500+bulbs of gorgeous garlic and got it all cured, only to find many of the bulbs have something called waxy breakdown. Some cloves on many of the bulbs are like they were roasted in the ground. Edible and not bad tasting but they won't store well and affected cloves probably won't sprout.
For years I've been cultivating several varieties with the goal of huge cloves that peel easily and store until May. And I was down to 10 or so varieties (from 39!) Argh. I guess I'll be making garlic jam or something and we'll dehydrate what we can. At least the cloves are big, sighhhhh....
For years I've been cultivating several varieties with the goal of huge cloves that peel easily and store until May. And I was down to 10 or so varieties (from 39!) Argh. I guess I'll be making garlic jam or something and we'll dehydrate what we can. At least the cloves are big, sighhhhh....