Yet another garlic question............

[Snadger]

Last year when I harvested my rather pathetic garlic I must have missed a few plants.

These old plants have now shot away and are about 8 inches high and the foliage looks really healthy. I would guess there are about four or five lots of foliage to each plant.
What I was wondering, is if its worth leaving them in situ and will I get a crop?
I think I'll leave em anyway but just wondering if anyone had done this before and got any sort of crop?

[Hazel at the Hill]

Last year when I harvested my rather pathetic garlic I must have missed a few plants.

These old plants have now shot away and are about 8 inches high and the foliage looks really healthy. I would guess there are about four or five lots of foliage to each plant.
What I was wondering, is if its worth leaving them in situ and will I get a crop?
I think I'll leave em anyway but just wondering if anyone had done this before and got any sort of crop?

I'd leave a few as they are, and as a test I'd separate & replant some of them.

There was a row of garlic left in situ when we took over the plot, which had all sprouted, so I split & replanted them and we had a fantastic crop (although admittedly I did the dig-up-&-replant bit in January not April - but it's cold up north, isn't it..? )

[Nicos]

I'd separate them all- just as if you'd intended to plant them out last Autumn.

Nice surprise to have the extra crop!!!

urm....an afterthought- have they split- or are they one clove with several leaves coming out of the top?...if the latter then leave in the same place and watch they don't bolt- but you should still get a crop in a few weeks!

[Snadger]

I'd separate them all- just as if you'd intended to plant them out last Autumn.

Nice surprise to have the extra crop!!!

urm....an afterthought- have they split- or are they one clove with several leaves coming out of the top?...if the latter then leave in the same place and watch they don't bolt- but you should still get a crop in a few weeks!

No, they've split Nicos and each strong vertical growth is about one inch from the next.

I already have garlic planted some where else (though I've forgot where!) and I have a tray full of garlic which is about 6 inches high ready to plant out as well.
If all come to fruition I'm going to have an awful lot of garlic this year!