Moon Trial GZ Harvest

Today I dug up and weighed GZ

Sown on Jan 3rd

Harvested on July 3rd

6 months in the soil

Weights prior to sowing:

9, 13, 6, 8, 9

Weights at harvest 

89, 129, 29, 192, 186

Overall increase in weight 1386%

Clove number 2 had split and created 2 completely new and separate bulbs of garlic. Alternatively, a fluke clove found its way in and grew in the exact correct place; as no cloves had disappeared from the rest of the trial. This was the heaviest clove of the original selection of cloves [there were 3 that weighed 13g]. Clove 3 was the smallest of the final bulbs from the last 2 batches of sowings. 

Moon Trail GE Harvest

On the 20th of June I dug up and weighed GE

Sown on Dec 21st

Harvested on June 20th

6 months in the soil

Weights prior to sowing:

9, 4, 7, 10, 6

weights at harvest

166, 256, 151, 197, 144

Overall increase in weight 2954%

Alot of bulking up compared to last month's harvest; interesting that the smallest clove in the whole trial [randomly picked from the 50 cloves in a bag], gave the highest final weight and fattest bulb thus far. 

Moon Trial GX Harvest

On the 18th May I dug up and weighed GX

Sown on Nov 18th 

Harvested on May 18th 

6 months in the soil

Weights prior to sowing:

6, 7, 8, 6, 11

weights at harvest:

133, 90, 56, 71, 103

Overall increase in weight 1264%

Moon Trial GC Harvest

I have today dug up and weighed GC

Sown on Nov 15th

Harvested on May 15th

6 months in the soil

Weights prior to sowing:

6, 8, 11, 8, 8

weights at harvest:

103, 121, 128, 102, 138

Overall increase in clove weight 1479%

Ends of garlics starting to yellow; and the cloves getting bigger. 

Moon Trial GB Harvest

I have today dug up and weighed GB

Sown on Oct 9th

Harvested on April 9th

6 months in the soil

Weights prior to sowing:

9, 12, 9, 7, 10

weights at harvest:

38, 44, 42, 34, 46

Overall increase in clove weight 440%

Cloves significantly bigger than the last harvest; foliage healthy with a slight browning. No splitting visible but the loves have almost all lost the original clove covering [no gooeyness on the outside]. 

Moon Trial GA Harvest

I have today dug up and weighed GA

Sown on 11th Sept

Harvested 13th March

6 months in the soil. 

Weights prior to sowing:

11, 9, 12, 8, 9

weights at harvest

34, 17, 24, 19, 16

Overall increase in clove weight 223%

No split cloves visible. All foliage is healthy with a slight browning at the edges. 

Sowing and potting on activity [Root day]

Today I sowed more Alliums:

Leek - Long de Mezieres [Real Seeds]

Leek - Early Market [HSL]

Leek - Bleu De Solaise [Real Seeds] - need to save seeds from some of these [SS]

Onion - Mr Allen's Resliance [Heligan] - [SS]

Onion - Up to Date [HSL] - [SS]

Onion - Bedfordshire Champion [ From Finedon Dandy from the Vine]

Onion - North Holland Bloodred Redmate [Suttons]

Onion - The Kelsae [Johnsons] - [SS]

Shallot - Banana [T&M, from Seahorse from the Vine]

Onion - Golden Bear F1 [Robinsons] 

Onion - Mammoth Red Onion [Robinsons] - [SS]

Spring Onion - Elody - [SS]

I also potted on:

3 x Grushovak Toms from the Dec sowings

2 x Gelbe Chilli Peppers

2 x Cobra Nasturtiums

2 x Cerinthe