Growing Garlic from start to finish in a cold greenhouse

[Wilmot]

I have never grown garlic before, so last october i planted around 20 cloves outside in the raised bed.And 20 inside the cold greenhouse , the ones outside have turned yellow and some have rotted.

The garlic cloves in the greenhouse look very healthy, can i leave them inside the cold greenhouse until harvest time or do i have to lift them and plant outside.

Cheers,

Wilmot...

[VirginVegGrower]

Mine are potted in terracotta pots and were moved out of my greenhouse last week and put on the outside step! You don't have to put them in soil beds. Don't water at the moment!

[Wilmot]

Mine are potted in terracotta pots and were moved out of my greenhouse last week and put on the outside step! You don't have to put them in soil beds. Don't water at the moment!

I have mine in the soil beds in the cold greenhouse, and i watered them today will they grow to fast now.

[zazen999]

Where are you Wimot? - if you pop your location into your profile it will help

Personally, a greenhouse is for tender plants; not garlics so I'd uproot and replant out somewhere.

[Wilmot]

My greenhouse is on the site of my old polytunnel, i managed to grow onions and shallots ok in this, I thought garlic would be ok.
Its confusing as garlic does grow in quite hot countries as well, the variety i
'm growing is called Thermidrome.

Cheers.

[Mantha81]

I have my garlic in a couple of places at the mo. Some are in a moveable planter in the greenhouse, but will get moved out of there soon due to space and my other growing adventures. The other are on my kitchen windowsill. Both are doing fine at the mo, although I have no idea what is going on under the soil. My greenhouse garlic will get a dash of home made compost when I put them outside to help with nutrients and water retention.

[Two_Sheds]

i watered them today will they grow to fast now

No, but they'll rot if you overwater them (as will most plants)

My greenhouse ...I thought garlic would be ok.

Most people move their garlic out of the gh when it starts to fill up with tender plants eg. tomatoes, chillies
It's a space issue more than a heat one

[Dalesman_]

No, but they'll rot if you overwater them (as will most plants)



Most people move their garlic out of the gh when it starts to fill up with tender plants eg. tomatoes, chillies
It's a space issue more than a heat one

I have plenty of room for my other tender plants, thanks for letting me know the heat is not a problem.
I think i will move half outside and leave the other inside and see which does best.

Cheers...

[cptncrackoff]

OOOOeeeer!!
I was going to grow mine the whole season in the greenhouse, some at the moment are 10" tall, thinking about it, i could do with the room for a cucumber or two, any harm in planting out bigger more mature garlic plants??
many thanks


jon

[gojiberry]

The problem with keeping garlic inside for to long is whether they get enough of a chill. Garlic needs so many days of very cold weather for them to split into cloves. Not enough cold and you just get a single bulb.

Ian

[cptncrackoff]

ah, mine did all spend a few weeks in the fridge, not sure if thats cold enough, i may plant them out this weekend, i have room on a plan of one of the raised beds.

[Croila]

I've got a load of "Music" variety garlic planted both in the ground and in pots and both lots seem to have survived the winter brilliantly and are now about ten inches tall.

The fact that they survived at least minus twelve at nights with no problems makes me think that garlic would prefer to live outdoors?

[BUFFS]

i put in a row of garlic in october along the edge of the strawb bed,only lost one, the rest are an average 8ins tall now and looking really good,the one i lost was an elephant garlic,all the rest are the normal types..

[Snadger]

I have Japanese onions growing in a cold frame. They are streets ahead of the outdoor ones and hopefully will give me a longer harvesting period.
Garlic though, usually needs a cold spell outdoors to start the formation of multiple cloves.