Buying garlic

I get mine from Robinsons seeds along with my shallots, and onion seed too as they are based near where my Father lives.

But my dad is in Turkey this year so I had to have our order delivered this time and got it the other day.

Steve...

 

You folks buying bulbs rather than replanting your own?

Just curious as to why

 

Because the rubbish weather this year caused nearly all of mine to be badly affected by rust, so not only do I not want to re-sow them, but they are also softening prematurely due to premature leaf die back.

This has cost me a small fortune in lost opportunity for re-planting saved cloves.

 

My Garlic at the allotment...rotted this year and it was poor last year. My Elephant garlic hoiwever grown at home in a raised bed did very well so I will be replanting my own in the same way.

Steve...

 

Ah. Understood now. Sorry to hear it :( Can't really "just plant half in case its a bad year" like self-saved seeds, eh? :(

 

More like construct a new raised bed well away from where old crops have been grown, fill with suitable soil, all time (+ money) and after all that effort then re-planting some very potentially diseased cloves.

Not for me.

 

Just bought some Cristo Garlic on my way home from work. £2.99 for 3 cloves. Hopefully get it in over the weekend or is it too soon?

Rusty

 

Mine arrived today and I'm disappointed that they are much smaller than they've ever supplied before. They did include 11 bulbs when I only ordered 9, but small cloves tends to mean small bulbs.

I expect Music garlic bulbs to be at least this size and have had them bigger in the past:



So I'm glad I only ordered the 9 of them.

 

Did you buy the chesnok red from the ebay link you put on? i did .....cracking fair size clean bulbs,planted mine last week,i grew some garlic last yr but didnt do very well

 

I bought 3 Cristo in a garden centre in Norfolk ,lovely good sized,firm 2-99
My friend distinctly told me before we went in I was not to buy anything as my case(s) were full to bursting.