garlic

[JO,JO]

hi i have some garlic in a trough which i planted out january(solent wight) they seem to be growing really fast,i havent watered them as they are outside and i read somewhere that you only water them when all the leaves die off is this correct,whens the best time to grow garlic is it august?

[Paulottie]

Do you mean harvest?..July usually when the leaves die back.

Water when compost dry! It is mainly in May/July when bulb is swelling.

[percy charlie]

i split a garlic bulb from the supermarket and planted it up 3 weeks ago plant 6 cloves 2 have shooted and stems saying hello out top of pot others not yet will give a few weeks if others dont shoot may sow some more, anyone know when you can sow garlic till?
My friend planted 20 garlic cloves from the general garlic bought at the supermarket veg aisle and got 15 bulbs last year so im hopeful.

[Two_Sheds]

hi i have some garlic in a trough which i planted out january(solent wight) ... whens the best time to grow garlic is it august?

I bought Solent Wight bulbs too. The instructions said to plant it October to March. Ready to harvest from July onwards (when the leaves will die back).

[si'sraisedbed]

Garlic

I read somewhere that to grow garlic you just buy a bulb form the supermarket and stick the cloves in the ground. Can I do this now, do I bury them completely, should I peel them first? Should I just make some spag bol instead?

[Cutecumber]

It's probably too late for this year, I'm afraid. You could try, but it might not work.

Garlic needs a few weeks of cold weather to enable it to split properly into cloves so it probably should have gone in a good few weeks ago.

If you want to try it (autumn is probably best), just split the bulb up and individually place the cloves in the ground or in pots, about an inch or two deep, pointiest end up.

No peeling required.

[crichmond]

it would be a very garlicky spag bol if you used a whole garlic in it..
I would make the spag bol using 2 or 3 cloves then plants the rest of the cloves.
Dont peel them for planting just split into individual cloves and plant about 6 inch apart the same as you would onions so the tip is at soil level.

Cheers Chris

[momol]

If you grow it for it's springs, it should be still ok but for bulb production is a bit late.

[kethry]

I also wouldn't use garlic from the supermarket. they've often been treated, or harbour diseases.. same reason, really, as why you don't plant supermarket spuds. You *can* get away with it, but its not recommended.

Get garlic for planting from seed companies. but if you want to have a go for this year, try in pots, that way if it does turn out to have a disease, less chance it'll spread, and harvest the leaves, like you would chives, and get some garlic bulbs from the seed companies to plant in autumn.

keth
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[Snadger]

Oh dear, I've got two trays with sixty plants in each in the geenhouse waitng to be planted out!

I've also got a hundred and twenty plants which I planted out in autumn though!

I like garlic!

[Snadger]

I also wouldn't use garlic from the supermarket. they've often been treated, or harbour diseases.. same reason, really, as why you don't plant supermarket spuds. You *can* get away with it, but its not recommended.

Get garlic for planting from seed companies. but if you want to have a go for this year, try in pots, that way if it does turn out to have a disease, less chance it'll spread, and harvest the leaves, like you would chives, and get some garlic bulbs from the seed companies to plant in autumn.

keth
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Speak as you find, but I did a trial of shop bought and Garden centre bought last year and got better results from Teco's own!
Could have just been lucky............... spose!

[kethry]

Snadger: can only pass on what i've been told (about the garlic)!! This is my first year of growing them, and i really hope you're wrong - about the supermarket growing better - as i've about 20-30 of them growing in the garden now (from a seed company).. yep, we like garlic too! we get through about 2 bulbs a week between us.. if i had the space i'd sow more.. lol.. fab stuff! am growing garlic chives too. may have a shot at growing some supermarket garlic in a pot, for the leaves in salad

[baggyman]

My first year on the lottie last year and I planted supermarket garlic at about this time of the year and still got quite a good crop and the cloves were split.

[percy charlie]

the six cloves ive planted have all shooted so looking good, the rest of the bulb i didnt plant went in my cooking. with the rain weve had ive not had to water them.

[si'sraisedbed]

Well I've put them in yesterday around the early nantes so we'll see what happens. If nothing else I guess they'll confuse the carrot flies and the bulb was only 35p. Will keep posted if I can still find the thread....