Harvesting Garlic (Allium Sativum) | Dad Says To Repel Ghosts In Our Backyard? Is There Truth To It?
35Legend has it that garlic repels vampires and wards off the evil eye. Popularized by Bram Stoker's "Dracula," garlic not only is effective against the blood-sucking princes of the night, but also fends off the undead, including witches, warlocks, and werewolves.
Garlic (allium sativum) has been revered in medicine, myth, and magic throughout time. Sanskrit records registered the medicinal properties of garlic 5,000 years ago. The Greeks and Babylonians used it for healing purposes, and the Chinese have prescribed garlic treatments for over 3,000 years. The Egyptians reverently buried their Pharaohs with consecrated cloves ensuring sweet dreams, and fed the slaves garlic to increase strength and endurance while building the pyramids. Roman soldiers believed that garlic bestowed bravery and courage. Hippocrates recommended garlic as a medical remedy for infections, digestive disorders, wounds, and even leprosy. In 1858, Louis Pasteur noted garlic's antibacterial qualities. Considered an aphrodisiac, it may be one reason that Tibetan monks weren't allowed to consume garlic before entering a monastery!
In short, there were tons of information, scriptures and articles written about garlic, how to plant them, when to plant them, how to harvest them, soft neck vs hard neck varieties, how they behave etc...
In this video, Aiman and his dad will be harvesting garlics that they planted around their apple trees, asian & european pears, peaches and roses in order to protect these trees from bugs.
Last year they didn't have a chance to harvest their garlics so the plants from this year were from the bulbs that were left in ground from the previous year. Aiman's dad thinks that the bulbs will be somewhat smaller because there wasn't enough room for these garlic to form the bulb properly. But they have to dig out the garlic anyways so that they can re-plant the ground properly with new bulbs in the fall.
There are tons of articles on what is the perfect time or when to harvest garlic. Harvesting too soon and the bulb will be too small. Harvesting too late, and the cloves will already have separated from one another. Most experts agree that the "perfect" time is when some of the leaves already turning brown. We will provide links to articles on this topic, as well as how to clean, cure and store garlic.
As far as planting goes, one thing for sure, based on our experience as well as available literature, it will take several years before your garlic acclimate to your soil, zone and weather, so you must be patience before harvesting the perfect organic garlic of your choosing...
Sources & Credits:
http://awaytogarden.com/the-tricky-matter-of-when-to-harvest-garlic/
http://www.almanac.com/plant/garlic
http://gardening.about.com/od/gardendesignwithherbs/qt/Harvesting-Garlic.htm
http://www.gardeningknowhow.com/edible/herbs/garlic/when-to-harvest-garlic.htm
http://www.gardenbetty.com/2011/07/the-trick-of-knowing-when-to-harvest-garlic/
http://www.gardeners.com/how-to/planting-harvesting-garlic/7361.html
http://www.lamorindaweekly.com/archive/issue0816/Digging-Deep-with-Cynthia-Brian-Gourds-Ghouls-and-Glorious-Garlic.html
Original Title: Harvesting Garlic (Allium Sativum) - The Tricky Matter Of When? Backyard Organic Gardening Ideas .
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Recording Date: June 29, 2015
Video URL: https://youtu.be/y76yNlJ-4-4
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