Garlic

[anthonyjb]

Hi All

Is it time to buy and plant garlic


Thanks. Anthonyjb

[bearded bloke]

No problem buying now that I can think of,tradition is to plant on the shortest day

[fishpond]

I will be replanting mine in august.

[Jay22]

So if you plant garlic in August when do you expect to harvest it?

[Alison]

I plant mine in November, find its too cold come the shortest day in December and August too early (and the bed would be full anyway )

[Martin H]

I planted mine in mid October and lifted them at the end of June and early July. I don't think there's any point in planting earlier although I've never tried it.

[PyreneesPlot]

Mine goes out in December, too.

[NatalieCooke]

I'm glad this thread popped up.
I'll be on the look out for garlic bulbs now!

[Fleurisa]

The Garlic Farm are going to be at Tatton Park Flower Show again this week and I'll be buying my seed garlic from them tomorrow, they give you a guide of planting times. The ones I usually buy are recommended to plant in October.

[Kirk]

Be careful of planting early.
The garlic will send up a stem and grow, then the winter arrives. That makes this year 1,

After winter it gets warm and they grow on more and that makes (next) year year 2 to a garlic, and in year 2 they develop a flower and seed head.

Then people complain they have bolted, when the reality is they have not. They have just seen 2 years of growing (as far as they are concerned) and done what any self respecting garlic would and should do.

[Mark Lottie]

I tend to plant in October

I recomend getting some supermarket garlic, every clove i grew last year produced bulbs, from supposedly spanish grown garlic. much cheaper than seed garlic in garden centres

[Alison]

I save a couple of good bulbs from the previous crop and resow

[SusieG]

Yes, me too Natalie - sounds like planting out anytime from August to December brings decent results!

[SusieG]

Thanks for that info, I'd not known that!

[fishpond]

So if you plant garlic in August when do you expect to harvest it?

It will be ready in June/July