GardenTried-and-true tip

Recognising the right harvest time for garlic by its leaves

Read the leaves to know when garlic is ready: harvest once the top third of the leaves starts dying back.

Time
⏱ 5 min
Difficulty
◆ easy

How to do it

  1. Watch for dying leaves in the upper third of the plant.
  2. Harvest before the bulb splits into separate cloves.

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