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Post by brownrexx on Jul 8, 2020 7:17:34 GMT -5
Curing is the process of drying before storage.
How do you cure your garlic? Hang in bunches or laying flat.
Experts agree that they should be dried OUT of the sun as it can change the flavor.
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Post by farmerjack41 on Jul 8, 2020 10:52:25 GMT -5
Lay flat on a window screen, inside wood shed. Seems to enough air circulation.
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Post by paquebot on Jul 8, 2020 13:07:55 GMT -5
Mine also on window screens and in shade. Was outside yesterday and rain was due. Moved to garden shed. Now back outside as shed may be too hot without a fan.
Martin
The truth is more important than the facts.
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Post by brownrexx on Jul 8, 2020 13:38:03 GMT -5
hed may be too hot without a fan. Thanks for the reminder. I used a fan other years but I forgot to put one in the shed this year.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Jul 8, 2020 15:47:02 GMT -5
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Post by spike on Jul 9, 2020 8:24:38 GMT -5
I hang mine from the rafters in the garage!
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Post by Laura_in_FL on Jul 9, 2020 14:01:08 GMT -5
I didn't grow garlic this year, but usually I hang them on the screened back porch. Seems to work well.
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Post by brownrexx on Jul 9, 2020 14:23:57 GMT -5
Last year at our cabin I harvested my garlic and brought it into the basement in case it rained overnight. By evening I had to take them back outside because the whole house was starting to smell like garlic. Freshly harvested garlic can be really strong!
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Post by guruofgardens on Jul 18, 2020 14:12:13 GMT -5
I used to hang the garlic in the garage, but with the heat, even with a fan and the door open, some of the heads were starting to rot. So we strung wire between eyes, under the deck, away from the slats so no rain could get to them. This year was hot and dry so they're almost ready to cut down, cut, and ready for the cooler basement.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Jul 18, 2020 19:50:28 GMT -5
Last year at our cabin I harvested my garlic and brought it into the basement in case it rained overnight. By evening I had to take them back outside because the whole house was starting to smell like garlic. Freshly harvested garlic can be really strong! I never really notice this, unless there is a bad garlic clove, either one rotted in a head, or one of those I accidentally cut with the spade - oops! There's always a few of those, don't ask me how! But usually, the occasional heads that have one bad clove are among those early ones I harvest, because they have turned totally brown early. Those are all in my kitchen, or friend's kitchens now. I just cut two small heads open for a dish tonight, and one of those had a bad clove, but that was the only one, so far. The ones in the basement have no problems yet, and no odors in the house...except, of course, the usual, from my cooking, which almost every day is something with garlic in it!
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Post by paquebot on Jul 18, 2020 21:50:11 GMT -5
As mentioned on the Martin's garlic thread, trimmed the tops off mine today. Not happy with the damp and humid forecast so the bulbs did not go into a basket. Went into a large Styrofoam box instead where they are only about 2 bulbs deep. Left the roots on for now and didn't detect any moldy smell. Don't know why it happens every year. Weather can be dry as an old bone for a month. Dig the garlic and it's a steady diet of 90% humidity!
Martin
The truth is more important than the facts.
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Post by pepperhead212 on Jul 18, 2020 23:32:04 GMT -5
That's the way it usually happens here, paquebot, but I was lucky this year! Not only dry for a few weeks before harvest, but fairly dry since; except for a 1" and a 4.73" rain, there hasn't been much, and humidity is just now getting bad.
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Post by brownrexx on Jul 19, 2020 8:04:14 GMT -5
This is why I trimmed mine and brought them indoors a few days ago. It is horribly humid here.
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