Digging up garlic in a wet spell!

Student12

Hello!
First post in this part of the forum so hello all and thank you for your help in advance!
My garlic is ready to dig up and I have read that ideally it is dug up in a dry spell. However, we all know what the weather is like at the moment and with no dry spell forecast, can I dig it up in wet weather??
I havn't grown garlic before, so I am completely new to this!

Thank you!

TonyMMM

Doesn't really matter what the soil is like - it is to do with being able to spread the garlic out somewhere to dry off. If you have somewhere you can do that out of the rain - you'll be OK.

Seems very early to be lifting though - mine were planted in the autumn and I think will be another 2 or 3 weeks yet before they are lifted.

valk_scot

Where do you live and what variety did you grow? Mine won't be ready to lift till August, though I do live in Scotland and grow a northern adapted variety. You can tell they're ready to lift when the stalk dries up and looks yellow and papery.

Student12

Perhaps I will leave it a few more weeks. I would say the stalk is about 1/2 yellow at the moment. I live in the channel islands so perhaps a few degrees warmer but would rather not lift them too early. The variety was a type of elephant garlic from b&q not sure of specific name.
Thanks for your help!