Garlic - modules or straight in the ground

[MyWifesBrassicas]

Is there any benefit to planting garlic in modules in the greenhouse or does the garlic fare better when planted straight into the ground?
What does everybody do?

[greenishfing]

Mine just gets planted in the ground. Touch wood, I've never had a problem. It just grows and eventually I get around to weeding it.

[bramble]

I start mine off in modules in the greenhouse.
When I am sure they have started to grow I plant them out.
Dont know if there is any benefits but I like to know they are growing before planting them up.

[bario1]

Only benefit I can see with modules is you know they’re still there. Planted mine straight in the ground today, but covered with some cardboard to deter rats/squirrels/birds etc. I’ll take it off in a few weeks after they’ve (hopefully ) sprouted and the wildlife lose interest.

[Mark_Riga]

Planted in pots one year and a hard frost killed the lot so always plant out now and not had any problems.

[Mr Bones]

Always plant straight into the ground. The only problem has been foxes digging them up and leaving them to one side, particularly the elephant garlic.

[Greenleaves]

Straight into the ground for me too, I do plant on small ridges though to aid drainage and prevent rotting

[quanglewangle]

Straight in the ground

We planted Germidour from Suttons straight in the ground at start of October, with a small pinch (perhaps ten or a dozen grains) of Rootgrow in each 40mm deep hole. Now about 80-100mm high.

Hope they last the winter.



Garlic Germidour about 5 weeks after planting

[MyWifesBrassicas]

Thank you everyone, think i'll put mine straight into the ground this afternoon

[SarrissUK]

Elephant garlic goes in now doesn't it? I've just ordered some, along with garlic that is better planted in the new year... but I can plant the elephant garlic now, can't I? It'll be in the ground, with no mollycoddling from me lol

[quanglewangle]

Elephant garlic goes in now doesn't it? I've just ordered some, along with garlic that is better planted in the new year... but I can plant the elephant garlic now, can't I? It'll be in the ground, with no mollycoddling from me lol

Be careful about basing any planting-time decisions on my post above. In our coldest month (Feb) we have an average low temperature of 5C . Some winters we don't get a frost at all.

Just saying...

[Mark_Riga]

... along with garlic that is better planted in the new year...

Autumn planted garlic does best for me. Mine is in already. I tried a spring variety last year thinking it might store better but it failed to split into cloves as it didn't get cold enough.
I wish I was a bit more organised. I had a bulb from 2017 that was still hard this year. I was going to plant the cloves but don't know where I put it. I need to look in the greenhouse in case I left it there.

[FromYorkshiretoBucks]

Has anyone got any experience of growing garlic in pots?

I was wanting to plant some in largish pots and put them in my pop up greenhouse over winter. Would this work?

[Jungle Jane]

Garlic is quite hardy,the frost & cold temps help split the bulbs into cloves. Ive grown garlic in a potato bag but I’ll never do it again because the bulbs were too small compared with growing in the ground but it can definitely be done if you don’t want to plant in the ground.

[greenishfing]

Has anyone got any experience of growing garlic in pots?

I was wanting to plant some in largish pots and put them in my pop up greenhouse over winter. Would this work?

I wouldn't put them inside. They need the cold to do well.