Planting garlic now

[rpt]

Is there any reason I shouldn't plant garlic in September? My garlic from Wilkinson says you can but all the other advice I have seen says to not plant before October.

[BUFFS]

i have mine planted out and have done this in september for years,with no problems,and if it works up here you should be fine,to save space i now grow them in builders buckets,with holes in the bottom,and its garden soil,from the veg patch,with a handful of chicken manure pellets stirred in,i just put them onto the patio and except for weeding occasionally,thats it...good luck with yours......

[VirginVegGrower]

I'm going to be putting mine in as soon as they arrive.

[redser]

Would like to get started asap. Can anyone recommend a reliable one that would be easy to get hold of? The ones I used last year were just labelled 'garlic'

[horticultural_hobbit]

Am also waiting, for mr.postman to shove 'em through the doors. Have also got two large bulbs saved from this years crop lurking in Dad's shed.

Couldn't specify a reliable type; i had quite a few different ones and on the whole, the whole lot did well. Though, what I would say; is that there is debate about whether big cloves or little cloves are best. In my experience, the pink shelled stuff produced bigger cloves, in comparison to the white skinned stuff. That however, I attribute to the weather conditions. My garlic shallot onion patch got incredibly wet.

[Dead Dogs]

Must get off my a&@ and order some.

[Tripmeup]

Redser.

I planted Sprint amongst others last year, and it did really well for me...Also got decent return from Early Purple Wight and Jolimont

Would like to get started asap. Can anyone recommend a reliable one that would be easy to get hold of? The ones I used last year were just labelled 'garlic'

[alldigging]

It's ok. plant it now. It feels like November out there! *brr*

[horticultural_hobbit]

Have just checked my notebook. I sank my garlic on the 1oth of October last year red electric onions went in during the same week.

[northepaul]

I used 2 types from the Garlic Farm: purple softneck one did really well, the white softneck was a complete waste of time - I had just as well have eaten the cloved rather than plant them. I have saved my own from my crop of purples to plant out this year, I also got some more from them, and a French purple one to try out. Sorry its not very helpful with names

I also got elephant garlic from them which did excellently.

I plant out next month around the 10th down here. I am planting out some overwintering onions next weekend.

[horticultural_hobbit]

Redser.

I planted Sprint amongst others last year, and it did really well for me...Also got decent return from Early Purple Wight and Jolimont

I second that motion; I had both of those.

[sowitgrowit]

Sorry to resurrect a slightly old thread, but I've just been thinking about my garlic. I planted them a few inches down (an inch or more of soil above each clove). I've read that this is 'the done thing' but have also read that they should be planted 4-5 inches down.

What do you guys think? I can always earth them up so they have more to grow in.

[vikkib]

I just planted mine with about an inch of soil (maybe a bit more) on top of them as per the instructions that came with them.

Halfway through I remembered that last year I planted them with the tips *just* under the soil as per the instructions on that particular packet...

If the one's this year do half as well as the one's from last year I'll be well chuffed so I wouldn't worry about them being too shallow.

The only exception both times with mine has been the elephant garlic - that I stuck in a good few inches deep... which I really must remember when digging them up this year so I don't end up forking quite so many of them!

[sowitgrowit]

Glad to hear someone else has done the same! I didn't want to end up with them sat on the surface (onion sets pushed themselves to the surface last year).

Although, if they do end up sat almost on the surface, does this actually effect the growth? Or are they just more susceptible to pests, roots drying out, etc?

(Bit of a tangent)

[Farmer_Gyles]

Can anyone recommend a reliable one that would be easy to get hold of?

Pop down to sainsburys and buy an ordinary garlic bulb - it's just the same as other garlic, it grows just fine, and costs a lot less