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    Sprouting Garlic

    SO I should be getting my allotment soon! BUT I planted some garlic bulbs in a tray just for-now. However, they er seem to really like it. I only planted them in on Sunday and I have 10/20 shoots.

    My question is, will I still be able to plant them on my allotment when I get it or would they die in the winter? IK Autumn planting is recommended for Garlic but I assume that meant deep and as cloves with them not starting to grow until later?

    Advice needed! xD
    Last edited by New_Bud; 22-09-2016, 03:05 PM.
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    Can you plant them deeper now, before they really get going? Just so's it won't be too big a change when you plant them out later. I don't know if it's make any difference or not, to be honest, but they do seem to prefer being quite deep.

    I'm not starting mine off until November probably, but I have planted out from pots before and it was OK. They can take the cold fine, even if they are already growing. Just thinking though, are they inside or out? If they're kept in, they might get too soft, so they might get some damage if they get frosted later.

    I'd stick 'em in, give 'em a shot when you get the plot, but I'd plant some more straight in the ground as well as a back up!
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      Okay! That seems like a really good idea! Thank you very much
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      • #4
        No problem just plant them out,in fact some i had not dug up had a few inches of green on already,that was before i dug the bed over,plants do surprise us at times.
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          You can always plant them out with the bulb 1 to 2 inches deep when you get your allotment. The problem in a tray is that the roods wont have very far to go if it is any length of time before you can plant them out.
          If you do get delayed, ideally, pot them up individually into 3.5 inch pots with the bulbs near the surface so the roots have most of the pot to go at.you would then need to make holes big enough to take all the roots. If you can't pot them individually, they would still have most of the winter and spring to be developing a root system.
          The rhs site gives you some info on cultivation (the site preparation is a bit over the top): https://www.rhs.org.uk/advice/profile?PID=677
          I would advise against keeping in pots over winter. I did this once with the pots in a greenhouse and a very hard frost killed them all.

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