Is my garlic ok

[Messi1986]

Hi, im new to the forum and to growing veg. Im just wondering if anybody can tell me if me garlic is ok from the pic below as the leafs are yellowing from the end upwards? They were planted in November.Any help would be great.

[SarzWix]

What's the soil like that they're in? Is it very wet? I know we've had a lot of rain/snow and pretty much everywhere is wet, but, if you take a trowel full of soil up, does it leave a puddle? Garlic doesn't like very wet soil, so it may be that causing a problem, but a few dry days (or even weeks!) would help.

If the soil isn't very wet, then they may want a bit of a feed; a few chicken manure pellets sprinkled around them perhaps.

[Newton]

They've grown well........where are you? UK?

[binley100]

They look a lot more further on than mine ......whereabouts are you ?

[Messi1986]

What's the soil like that they're in? Is it very wet? I know we've had a lot of rain/snow and pretty much everywhere is wet, but, if you take a trowel full of soil up, does it leave a puddle? Garlic doesn't like very wet soil, so it may be that causing a problem, but a few dry days (or even weeks!) would help.

If the soil isn't very wet, then they may want a bit of a feed; a few chicken manure pellets sprinkled around them perhaps.

Hi. The soil is ok I think. When I dig a fork depth it's evenly moist and not soaked. I spread some onion fertiliser round them when about 5" high. I will be planting onions right along side but was worried about them passing a Desiese on.

[Messi1986]

They've grown well........where are you? UK?

Yeah I'm in north east England. We've had a lot of wet weather up here as well. So maybe that's why the leaves are turning yellow perhaps?

[Sarico]

My garlic is te same but they are in a container in the poly tunnel e they haven't been water since November. I think is nutriment problem. So any advice will help me too

[taff]

They look fine to me. Vey advanced, but that's it.

[cheops]

They are ok. It is true they don't like the ground being very wet but your ground is acceptable and will dry out more later as the season advances. The yellowing is not a lack of nutrients and is nothing to worry about with garlic. In fact yours seems to be very well advanced compared to mine. Iv'e attached a photo of mine and you will see some evidence of yellowing too but as I said - worry not.

[Messi1986]

They are ok. It is true they don't like the ground being very wet but your ground is acceptable and will dry out more later as the season advances. The yellowing is not a lack of nutrients and is nothing to worry about with garlic. In fact yours seems to be very well advanced compared to mine. Iv'e attached a photo of mine and you will see some evidence of yellowing too but as I said - worry not.

That's great help. Many thanks. I'm Gladys I was gonna pull them up tonigh.

[Two_Sheds]

I was gonna pull them up tonigh.

Why? are they ready to eat?

[Ananke]

Mine yellow like that every year, doesn't seem to affect the final product

Putting some sand into the planting hole helps with the water issue.

[Messi1986]

Why? are they ready to eat?

I thought there was something wrong with them and didn't want it to spread to my onions :-)

[Aberdeenplotter]

if there was something transmittable, the damage would already be done

[VirginVegGrower]

The garlic farm reckon they need a lot of water in the final bulb up month.