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Our garlic planted in October has only recently been showing. It was really cold around that time which slowed things down and November was even colder but I would think they'll be showing up soon. If you like garlic leaves why not try and find some wild garlic? It grows in damp, shady, old woodland areas around early spring and it's beaut on a sandwich.
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I will definately be foraging for wild garlic, I'm sure there'll be some somewhere near here!Originally posted by Shadylane View Post
I put my garlic in some time in November towards the end I think. It's in a bed against the south facing wall of my house and has grown about 6 inches or more.
Just re-read this and it sounds really boastful! Sorry!!! My point was that it's against the south facing wall so is probably getting lots of residual heat.Comment
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Wild garlic is brilliant, it's so strong you can almost find it with your nose after a rain shower.Originally posted by Shadylane View Post
I put my garlic in during October and it has survived the winter so far. There is growth too, but then our temperatures are quite mild around here compared to other parts of the country.Comment
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Garlicgirl, how deep did you plant them? The noses should just be under the soil surface. If you've done them deeper than that, you could scrape a little of the soil off the top. If you're really worried, you could try having a bit of a 'furtle' (gently poking around in the soil with your fingers) around one of the cloves, just to see if you can see any signs of growth. Furtling is great fun, but watch out, its addictiveOriginally posted by garlicgirl06 View Post
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Too true! It's soooo hard not to dig them all up for a little look!Originally posted by Pumpkin Becki View PostGarlicgirl, how deep did you plant them? The noses should just be under the soil surface. If you've done them deeper than that, you could scrape a little of the soil off the top. If you're really worried, you could try having a bit of a 'furtle' (gently poking around in the soil with your fingers) around one of the cloves, just to see if you can see any signs of growth. Furtling is great fun, but watch out, its addictiveComment
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When we've been in Cornwall the hedgerows are full of it, the smell is amazing! When is the right time to go looking?Comment
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Just read that post again - early spring! That sounds about right, we usually visit family in Cornwall for Easter.Comment
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I was in Dorset in April last year and it was everywhere! Yet to find any back here in Essex though, so might have to stick to the cultivated stuff.
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Wild garlic is such a weed. One of my gardening customers has an established patch of it in a wooded area of his garden (yes he is minted and has a huge garden) and in the adjoining woods, the stuff is also rampant. It just spreads and spreads.Originally posted by Jono View PostI was in Dorset in April last year and it was everywhere! Yet to find any back here in Essex though, so might have to stick to the cultivated stuff.
Never tried cooking with it but I'm told the leaves are also very pungent.Comment
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Where about? I'm on the border of Dorset. I can't wait to smell that fantastic waft and get out searching!!!Originally posted by Jono View PostI was in Dorset in April last year and it was everywhere! Yet to find any back here in Essex though, so might have to stick to the cultivated stuff.Comment
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I absolutely love it. Can't remember what time it surfaced last year- I just know it's some time in early spring whatever that means any more. I spotted some near a river but it was a bit of a drive, then someone told me about it growing in some woods nearby. There's also a national trust place(Roche Abbey) where it grows (close to a stream) along with wild comfrey. We mainly had it in sarnies last year - supposed to be good in an omelette too.
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Where my daughter lives, there's loads of wild garlic on the roadside.
2 questions:
Would this be OK to pick? (there's quite a lot of traffic passes right by it).
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If I did get some, how do I use it? What parts, etc?My hopes are not always realized but I always hope (Ovid)
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I personally wouldn't if it's on on the side of a busy road, though I'm sure some would. But if it's there I would think you'd be able to find it somewhere nearby damp and shady. You can use all parts of wild garlic. The leaves and stems can be eaten raw in salads/sandwiches or cooked in stir fires. You can chop them and add them to an omelette. When the flowers come you can use those as a salad garnish and also eat them. You can also eat the bulbs but they're quite small and fiddly and probably not worth bothering with. Also while you can forage for the leaves I think it's illegal to dig up the bulbs, though it's that prolific I don't think nature would mind.Comment
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We stayed in North Chideock. It was all around the little roads there.Originally posted by Poddington Pea View PostComment
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thanks everyone..........
Pumpkin Becki i'm pretty sure after all the answers my garlic is waaaay to deep. It was the clay soil/sandy soil depths that got me. I am going to do 2 things that are suggested in this thread: scrape a layer off and failing that furtling sounds like fun. I know the garlic i put in pots was doing well with plenty of root growth & i planted this better so fingers crossed we'll get some garlic this year otherwise i'll have to change my name to something like weedgirl6k as i'm pretty cool at growing the junk lol.
Thanks again ev1 for the advice. But to the person bragging about their 6" shoots!!!!!
lol
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