When to pick garlic?

when the leaves have started to die back, but before they all have. if you wait too long the tunic on the bottom starts to degrade. it's not a big issue if you are just keeping it for yourself, but it is nicer to have a good tunic for storage.

i keep it regularly watered up until the last few weeks.

songbird

Thank you!

In my climate (new england) it's usually 6 weeks or so from scapes (I need to cut them soon) to harvest. I used to wait too long and let the whole plant go brown - and I never had decent wrappers. I now try to harvest with at least 4 leaves still green, and I have better wrappers. Dry in shade for a while after harvest. We are not much for irrigation (though I'll have to step that up if tomorrow's rains don't come - today there was a rain hole in the big line that passed over, so we got nothing), but you're in a desert climate and probably need to - "evenly moist" is a goal up until the last couple of weeks.

Thank you!