?? When did you plant it? Hardneck garlic is planted in the fall, right before winter, then harvested the FOLLOWING summer. Even Softneck garlic is planted on the coldest day of the year and not harvested until 5-7 months later.
Growing-Out-The-Box
In general garlic takes about 9 months to form nice sized bulbs.
SvengeAnOsloDentist
Along with being picked way too early as others have said, if it was grown in the pot it’s sitting in, that would have stunted it, too.
SittingBeanBag
U can pickle them if u have alot!
AllHomesteading
Yes, give it some thyme.
(Sorry)
Vegetable_Log_3837
Picked at a perfect time for green garlic! It’s like green onions but garlic.
No-Bug-2760
Plant them again
Whowantsteriyaki
We usually harvest in July. Also, did you pick the scapes (garlic flowers)? If you leave the flower, it takes a lot of the plant’s energy and you get much smaller bulbs. It makes a huge difference. We pick the scapes pretty quickly after they emerge so not to let too much energy go towards the flowers. Those are also fun to eat/pickle.
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Yes way too early
I’m sure there are other ways to do it but I believe garlic is typically planted late summer or early fall and harvested in early-mid summer.
When did you plant? Most garlic needs planted in the fall in order to be pulled the following summer.
I pull my garlic when most of the leaves have turned brown, if that helps!
Garlic is harvested in the summer not in March
You now have green garlic, used differently than regular mature garlic [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR3Dz0jWigE](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UR3Dz0jWigE)
Green garlic is bitter
?? When did you plant it? Hardneck garlic is planted in the fall, right before winter, then harvested the FOLLOWING summer. Even Softneck garlic is planted on the coldest day of the year and not harvested until 5-7 months later.
In general garlic takes about 9 months to form nice sized bulbs.
Along with being picked way too early as others have said, if it was grown in the pot it’s sitting in, that would have stunted it, too.
U can pickle them if u have alot!
Yes, give it some thyme.
(Sorry)
Picked at a perfect time for green garlic! It’s like green onions but garlic.
Plant them again
We usually harvest in July. Also, did you pick the scapes (garlic flowers)? If you leave the flower, it takes a lot of the plant’s energy and you get much smaller bulbs. It makes a huge difference. We pick the scapes pretty quickly after they emerge so not to let too much energy go towards the flowers. Those are also fun to eat/pickle.