Garlic.

Hi folks. Whilst down at my local GC, I noticed that they had Garlic for sale. I've heard it said that garlic can be planted now, but on the packet it said to plant around February time. It seems there are many different types (varieties) hardneck, softneck, it's a bit confusing. Any tips ? Cheers...freddy.

 

Hi Freddy,

I have just had a read of another thread and it mentions needing a frost to get bulbs.

 

Hiya Freddy, I have always had more success with October plantings and as lollipop says, they do benefit from a cold winter. As a rough guide, the hardneck variety tend to be hardier but don't store as well as the softneck. This year my garlic suffered an attack of rust but the bulbs were OK and I'm still using them. If nothing else it makes use of growing space at a time of the year when it's unlikely to be productive with much else, good luck.

 

Ive bought some too and having had a good crop from spring sowings will try now too. Lets see ....not like there is a queue of plants to go in now is there ? ....nowt to lose.

 

Hi folks, thanks for the comments. I'm gonna give those folks down on the I-O-W a bell and probably go for that elephant garlic. Hopefully they'll still have some stock left. Cheers...freddy.

 

I recently peurchased some bulbs form a grower in Hants. he told me to plant them in November.
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A friend of mine gave me some cloves (not sure what variety) in Feb this year and told me to grow them as spring garlic - just like spring onions, you eat the whole stalk as well as the bulb and they are mild enough to eat raw in salads. The best bit is they only tale a month or two to be ready so you can eat them when there's not much else around to harvest!

 

Freddy, you need to plant Garlic now to harvest next August.:thumb:

 

Hi folks. I've ordered two bulbs from that place on the I-O-W. One is Solent Wight and the other Lautrec. We'll see how they go. Cheers...freddy.

 

I plant mine in the first week of December, and harvest late June / Early July.

Great crops every year.

Variety is Fokyhama.

Good sized bulbs and great taste.

RHS recommend planting to coincide with frosts, which help the single bulbs to grow and to split into larger bulbs.

Two years ago, i skinned the bulbs before planting, whilst last year I did not.

There was no difference to the size / quality of the harvest.

Have a go and see how you get on !

 

Me too I plant some in October and some first week in Dec. and harvest them in July.

 

Hi folks. My bulbs turned up today. I paid £4.25 for 2 bulbs and with P&P it came to £8.25. Had a bit of a surprise though, there were 8 bulbs in the box ! (4 of each) Not bad eh ? Cheers...freddy.