The Garlic harvest begins!

Short post tonight to record the initial garlic harvest.

Total:  414/512.  81%
Grand Total:  479

Rosewood (ARK):  59/65  (harvested 7/20/14)
Conway Russian Red (ARK): 71/75  (harvested 7/20/14)

Misc. Mixed Garlic (ARK):  57/118  (7/21/14)

Phillips (SOS): 14/15 (7/21/14)

Ukrainian Red (SOS): 10/11 (7/21/14)

Italian Purple (SOS):  17/17  (7/21/14)

Buckland Purple 1 (ARK):  40/36  (7/21/14)*

Spanish Roja (GFCG):  72/77 (7/21/14)

Georgia Fire (GFCG):  32/32  (7/21/14)

Buckland Purple (ARK):  34/34  (7/21/14)

Misc softneck (ARK):  8/32  (7/21/14)

Misc. Volunteer Garlic from 2013:  65

Over all the garlic I've harvested this year is significantly smaller than last year, however the yield in numbers is higher.  The one type of garlic that didn't fare well was the mixed bag, with more than 50% lost.  This was no surprise to me as it was planted late and the seed wasn't in the best condition.  Discounting this group and the 30 softneck bulbs, harvest rate would have been in excess of 95%.

It's drying now, we'll see how it looks in a couple of weeks.

* Several cloves planted were actually two cloves stuck together and thus produced multiple heads.