Garlic

[vegnut]

We're thinking of moving in the spring. Will we be able to move the garlic?

You could always cut your losses and pull them up and use them as green garlic.

[Sylvan]

Thanks.

I may try moving one bed in early spring and leaving the other as long as possible before using them.

[piskieinboots]

A couple years ago I moved mine that had been groun-planted to another location, they did produce but it was obvious they have been checked.

[Sylvan]

I'll be happy as long as they survive.

Did you have to take a lot of the soil around them?

[zazen999]

Try a bulb planter to remove a plug, putting into a tray side by side for the duration and back into the ground with a bulb planter when you get there and giving them a good water in.

[Sylvan]

Ooh, that's a good idea.

Now I just have to figure out where his nibs is likely to have hidden my bulb planter.

[piskieinboots]

I didn't use a bulb planter but I did ensure to take a goodly amount of soil with each one and the new holes were ready to drop little chap into.

Bulb planter is a good idea

[piskieinboots]

well how lovely - all of the cloves are up and looking promising - yaaaay

Took their time didn't they! They were planted back on 24 Oct 10!!

[Croila]

I've never tried garlic before but found a variety that's supposed to grow pretty well up here - "Music". I ended up sticking about 40 cloves in various places in my garden, including in pots, and it's starting to grow quite nicely now ... I think!

This is what it looked like back on 6 February:

DSC_8691 by croila, on Flickr

[JamesM]

I understand that garlic's supposed to be planted out by mid October and that it's helped bu frost- is there any point me starting some off from seed now or have i missed the boat?

[Two_Sheds]

Get some supermarket garlic James, and bung them in. You could always chill them in the fridge for a couple of weeks first?

[JamesM]

Brilliant, i think that's exactly what i'll do- starting to get excited about getting some bits on the go now i've got a week off work!

[King Carrot]

I'm planting my garlic cloves tomorrow - wasn't too late last year

[Kristen]

There is Autumn garlic, and Spring garlic. If you get some Spring garlic there is still plenty of time to plant (but if you get Winter Garlic it ought to go into the fridge for a while because there probably won't be enough cold weather to make it "clove up")

Not sure about Supermarket garlic personally - if it has come from a different climate it may not be well suited to growing in ours.

However, keeping your own garlic (assuming no disease) is common, so outlaying for the first lot doesn't have to be as expensive as it may seem at first.

[JamesM]

Is there any dramatic difference in taste between autumn and winter garlic or is it just the way it's grown? Thanks