I have been growing Rocambole, hard neck garlic, since 1986 and plant it in the fall. Right now I'd say they are about 4" tall. They won't be ready until the bottom 3-4 leaves brown out, which is in mid July.
These were the cloves I planted at the end of October in 2022. I sort my harvest by size of bulb. Biggest bulbs are the planting stock. I open the bulbs and pick the two biggest cloves from each bulb. Those are what I plant. The rest gets eaten. I observe my garlic at this point and if I see any that show signs of shriveling, rotting, etc. I skip them and eat what is good from them.
I can see a noticeable size difference in the bulbs by planting only the largest cloves. The bulbs are bigger compared to when I planted all of the cloves in the bulb.
