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It’s my understanding that you lift garlic once the stems begin to fall over. Probably a way to go yet unless you’re much further south than me!
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The one stem has turned into several stems so can we assume those cloves have now become bulbs?
Sounds more like shallots no? Garlic clove grows a single stem that forms new bulb, harvest as the leaves begin to yellow off (check bulb size by digging around too though). If planted neatly would look like this:
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On another garlic related matter. I planted some garlic and onions and have no recollection when they went in. The one stem has turned into several stems so can we assume those cloves have now become bulbs? If so do they need to come out?
The onions on the other hand are still quite small.