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Originally Posted by peteremsley
Somewhat related - We planted garlic in earlier in the year. How do you know when its ready to be pulled? I assume pulling it, saying nah, and putting it back is not a great idea.
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I'm not sure about where you are, but in general you plant it before the first hard freeze and harvest it the next summer.
Here in Ohio we plant in November and harvest in July. This year I ordered our "seed" garlic not based on flavor but in the size of the clove. It's just too much of a pain to try to peel 15 cloves out of each head when you've got 20 heads to harvest.
As I said, smacking with a knife is OK if you're only doing a small amount, but it is incredibly tedious if you have 10 or 20 heads of garlic to peel.