Autumn Onions and Garlic

[dexterdoglancashire]

I've got some onions and garlic that I should have planted last autumn. Am I OK to plant them now? Will they have enough time to form a good crop?

[Capsid]

Yes, they will be fine. The garlic do benefit from a cold spell in helping them to swell the bulbs. But you should get something but the bulbs may not be as large as they could have been. They'll still taste great though.

I'm not sure about the onion sets now you ask. I presume we don't plant out spring planting onion sets in the winter in case they rot in the ground and maybe autumn sets don't do this. I can't see any reason why autumn sets can't be planted in spring.

[HotStuff]

Depending on the variety you may find that Garlic planted now just stays as one mass, looking a bit like an onion. Autumn planted Garlic generally requires a period of cold temperature to trigger the vernalisation process which causes the bulb to split into cloves.

[rustylady]

Mine were started off in cell trays in the autumn, but work and the weather have interfered with my plans, so they are still in the cell trays. Hoping to get them on the lottie this weekend if the weather holds (but the forecast isn't good)

[dexterdoglancashire]

Mine were started off in cell trays in the autumn, but work and the weather have interfered with my plans, so they are still in the cell trays. Hoping to get them on the lottie this weekend if the weather holds (but the forecast isn't good)

I managed to sort my beds out this morning and am planning on going down Sunday am, come rain or shine! Hopefully onions, garlic and tattie will be going in.