What variety is that orange one?
But seriously, what’s your storage strategy for a year of garlic? We put them in the freezer. The taste doesn’t suffer at all, but they tend to be mushy. Which is fine, as we are most likely going to mince them for a recipe anyway.
I’ve got 4 varieties that I grow, no idea what they are now, many years later.
Orange one's Top Flyte, can't remember where i sourced it?
This is the first year i've cut the stalks off at harvest rather than after curing, not suppose to make any difference and takes up way less room, we'll see. Usually two to three weeks to cure, now using the basement which is cool and very dry compared to outside. For years i cured outside in the sun covered up when it rained but i was literally getting roasted cloves of garlic here and there, soft yellow mushy anomalies in a bulb, not suppose to cure in the sun... Basement for the past few years has worked fine.
This years trays of bulbs, fully vented on all sides, are sitting on a couple saw horses with a small fan blowing on them.
After the curing put them in a couple 5, 10lb mesh onion bags and hang those from a basement joist and that's it.
Just went and took pictures of what i have left from last summer's harvest. Sprouting here and there, surprisingly firm, cut a clove open, fragrant and oily. Last picture with the orange variety, the bulb on the left was harvested two days ago, the bulb on the right July 2019, kept great.
I've only ever grown hard neck varieties and my guess is these are Music, seems to be the most common one around.
dave
