Garlic

[lotthedrinkeroftea]

Does anyone know where I can get good (and cheap!) garlic cloves?

Cheers

[Stacey Steve]

Off your local greengrocer.

I started off using a Chinese garlic sold on our local market 2 years ago and it turned out OK. Replanted some of it last year and it is pretty good now, looking forward to next years.

Top Garlic grower from Isle of Wight said on the radio a few years ago, that provided it shows no signs of disease, then in 3 years the garlic would be adapted to your area's weather and your soil.

Seems to be working for me.

[shirlthegirl43]

I sowed garlic from Lidl early this year. It didn't grow very big but I am going to try it again this year and plant earlier (like soonish I think). Everything is growing so slowly here this year I am going to try and overwinter as much as possible.

[Stacey Steve]

I plant mine in October.

It needs to get frost to it, as evidentially that's what makes it grow into cloves as opposed to just a bulb.

[lynda66]

i had some garlic in my fridge that had started to sprout, (from aldi) so i planted it a couple of weeks ago, between my broccoli and caulis, they have all sprouted, so i guess i'll just leave them to it, and hope it goes frosty so they split lol.

[TinyT]

Good question, I'm starting to think of Garlic. I think I'm going to mix it up and try T&M this year. Still deciding on the type.

[Demeter]

Another vote for "good question" - still umming and ahhing.

My local farm shop sell garlic from The Garlic Farm on the Isle of Wight, including elephant garlic, so I was thinking of just getting a few bulbs from there and planting them. Good idea / bad idea? They are a shocking price though, especially compared with supermarket garlic, I think the elephant is something like £3 a bulb. But at least I know they are a variety that will grow in the UK...Hmm.

[MaureenHall]

If the elephant garlic is £3 a bulb, then I'd buy it! The last lot of elephant garlic I bought for planting worked out at £1 a clove!!!

[jacob marley]

As Maureen says £3 a bulb for Elephant Garlic is not dear i went to the Kings Heath Garden show about 4 years ago and one of the large seed companies from ooop north (you all know who they are so i will not name them) where charging £7.50 a bulb so £3 is not bad jacob marley

[Demeter]

Wow - sounds like an expensive hobby, growing Elephant garlic, especially as you don't get that many cloves to a bulb.
Is it worth it??

[jacob marley]

It all depends how much you like Garlic you get six clove's from each plant some people plant them in the flower border because the Elephant garlic through's up a nice mauve flower jacob marley

[Demeter]

Hmm - maybe I'll get one bulb or EG and see what happens!
I love garlic and will be growing normal garlic as well

[Jameslovell]

T&M have 12 elephant garlic cloves for £6.99
Doesn't seem too bad after reading above. Might try some of these.

[smallblueplanet]

Daft question - what does elephant garlic taste like?

[Wren]

Like Elephants of course!! everyone knows that!

Wren