garlic sowing question

[zazen999]

As garlic is similar in growth habit to shallots, where big=little and vice versa you may be correct in your assumption!

Exactly - so when we have a good year and choose the biggest cloves; and then fail we think it might be us when actually.......it isn't!!!

[ladylottie]

Hi LL - I would give it a go - reading through the garlic posts I think it's a free for all! Grapes are putting them in now and ignoring the instructions! Intrigued by all the grapes who just grew what was in the kitchen - I always thought you'd need a special garlic for the British climate! I just weeded my patch today and they have really sprouted well so fingers crossed! (I can always fleece if it gets really cold) Earlier this year I found some single tiny cloves - pink skinned growing from some left in by mistake over the winter - planted those up and they made big fat single clove bulbs - they were the best!

Thanks everyone - I've decided to put some cloves in now and leave some until nearer the Winter Solstice as Zazen did last year. They have two chances I suppose!