Home Harvest Care for Garlic ?

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Home Harvest Care for Garlic ?

I just pulled about 25 garlic plants to make room for other things. Now I need to know how to preserve them. They were plants from last year I think were tilled under last fall and came up on there own this spring.

Thank you, David Sebastian

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Home Harvest Care for Garlic ?

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May 27, 2010

Harvesting Garlic
by: Kimberly

Hi David, Kimberly here from landscape solutions for you. Thank you for asking the question on how to harvest your garlic.

There are a couple of different methods you can do to preserve garlic for future use. One method is drying.

Go ahead and peel the cloves and slice very thin. Dry them until crisp. When you dry any fresh herb or spice, your goal is to keep it out of the sun, and have good air movement. You can then put the dried garlic in a dehydrartor for a couple of days at around 115 degrees F. Store garlic in a well sealed container at room temperature.

You can put the dried garlic in the freezer in the form of flakes, and when you want to use it, grind it up, as the taste remains strong. I have done this method and it works well.

You can also cure the garlic. Spread plants out and once again protect from sun or rain. You can also hang the plants out of direct sunlight. Many people in Italy will use this method. It should be hung with the temperature being around 80 degrees F.

Of course you can use some fresh also. There is nothing like fresh garlic on a variety of dishes.

I hope this helps some and let us know what you decide. Thanks again David for asking the question on harvesting your garlic. Good luck to you, and feel free to ask anytime. Have a great day!
Kimberly

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