Elephant garlic harvest

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  1. JWK

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    My first time growing these, they were planted last November and I pulled them up this weekend. We just had one roasted with our tea tonight - they are delicious!

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    Crikey John-they are huge! Been lifting the ones I had-not elephant garlic, just some spare cloves from shop bought ones and they are miniscule by comparison.. Well done.
     
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    I'm so glad they went well for you JWK. They look great.
    I planted some last November and they have done NOTHING !
    I've had the bulbs up twice for a look - not rotted, no roots, no shoots. Just sitting there doing NOTHING.
    My ordinary garlic (Melody) has been just great. I'm mystified. Is there a secret I should know ?
     
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    Same for me with my normal garlic Claire, I just planted what I had left over and they are pretty small, they didn't seem to spilt into cloves either. I will have to buy some proper seed 'normal' garlic next year.
     
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    Sorry Alice, I don't know any secrets, maybe I got lucky. I did plant them deep and it wasn't until I pulled them up that I realised they were that big.
     
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    Is there such a thing as minature Elephant garlic?..because I have just discovered some ......mine are very small..:(
     
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    JWK. Where did you get the planting stock from, was it the Isle-of-Wight?
     
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    Lovely crop John:).Mr K has just finished drying his Elephant garlic and is going to use one of the bulbs for this years stock.I have put up a photo on the wakey wakey thread page 666 if you want to have a quick peep at ours:)
     
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    littleorm :hehe:; my 'normal' garlic have been poor this year, its only the elephant garlic that has done well.

    Caj; yes, I bought the bulbs last year from the Isle of Wight Garlic Farm. Being a cheapskate I didn't pay extra for the 'seed' bulb. I bought some for eating but I kept one of the bulbs for planting.

    Kandy; yes I found your photos, yours look good too :thumb:. I'm going to keep one of mine to split up and grow for next year.
     
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    ummm. Must try some of those.
    Note to self: remember to source and plant garlic in Novemeber.
    I managed about 6 in a large pot that where only good for drying and turning into chips.
     
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    ahhh...I planted mine in March..is that the reason i have minatures ?..
     
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    That could explain it littleorme, I'm no expert on these, I just followed the planting advice from the Garlic Farm which said plant in Oct/Nov.


    Just a word of warning now that Mrs JWK has surfaced, apparently eating these is very anti-social, they stink the house out which you don't realise until visitors turn up wearing face masks :hehe:
     
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    I love the smell of Garlic..mind you not so keen in a face to face situation:)
     
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    Its lucky we are only meeting electronically then :hehe:
     
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