Gardentalk – Garlic harvesting and curing

This garlic was harvested last year and cured over the winter with the roots and stem still intact. (Photo by Matt Miller/KTOO)
Master Gardener Ed Buyarski has this big tip for harvesting garlic: Do it now before the summer rains come!
Garlic with uncurling scapes or yellowing lower leaves is nearly ready for harvesting. Buyarski recommends loosening the soil and gently removing garlic with their roots and stems intact.
During this week’s edition of Gardentalk that aired on KTOO’s Mo