Planting garlic and onions

[lavender lou]

i've never done my own garlic and onions and i have brought some onion sets and also i were given some and i was wondring how to start them off

as for my garlic too how do i start doing that i have brought 3 bulbs

what do i do next?

thanks in advance

[burnie]

Garlic,split into cloves and plant just under the surface.Onions plant just under surface,both will require warmer soil than we have now so wait a month at least ,unless you cover with cloches.Blackbirds tend to pull then up when digging for worms so a cover with fleece will help until established.

[allaboutliverpool]

They are a doddle!
Both can be planted now, but I have found that March probably gives just as good results if you have missed the Autumn planting.

I have covered both on my pages:-

allaboutallotments_Vegetables_garlic
allaboutallotments_Vegetables_onions

The tip that has had the most favourable comments is the planting of onion sets next to each other. It works so well that it iss worth planting a whole pack of 100+ bulbs as well as the usual ones.