Garlic advice please

[kitty12345]

We should be getting ready to harvest autumn sown garlic but...

In bed 1, the hardnecks seem generally ok and they are producing fat bulbs. The softnecks are looking happy too but I dug one up and they have hardly fattened up why is this and is there anything I can do at this point? I was hoping to be the queen of garlic

In bed 2 which is a few metres away I have more autumn sown garlic. The left side of the bed looks strong and happy but I can't see any fat bulbs so I suspect they are the same as bed 1. The garlic on the right side has allium leaf miner so are dying I have started digging them up.

All I can think of is that it has been a relatively dry winter and spring as the soil in bed 2 cracked and I couldn't water until April (that's when the taps get turned on).

Any advise on how I can save the crop, or am I doomed to skinny garlic this year? Can I still save them by watering?

Thank you

[roitelet]

Carefully loosen the soil round them to give the bulbs a chance to swell and water them.

[kitty12345]

Thanks Roitelet I will do this tomorrow, fingers crossed

[Scarlet]

Yes, get some water on them - they should put on some weight

[Greenleaves]

All I can think of is that it has been a relatively dry winter and spring as the soil in bed 2 cracked and I couldn't water until April (that's when the taps get turned on).

Perhaps a lesson to be learnt here Kitty, harvest or store some water for dry spells

[kitty12345]

Perhaps a lesson to be learnt here Kitty, harvest or store some water for dry spells

yes I think so, my second plot came with a through so I can use that to store water (if it ever rains again). thanks for mentioning it, I didnt even think about this!