Favourite onion and garlic for autumn planting?

**zazen999** · 25-09-2010, 09:52 AM

I swear by Radar onions; and the garlics from the local shop in Nottingham [grown locally]. Sorry, that doesn't help does it!

**Caro** · 25-09-2010, 10:17 AM

Originally posted by zazen999 View Post

I swear by Radar onions; and the garlics from the local shop in Nottingham [grown locally]. Sorry, that doesn't help does it!

Not a lot! Thanks Zaz

**rustylady** · 25-09-2010, 11:23 AM

I've grown Radar, and Electric. Both good varieties of onion. To be honest as far as garlic is concerned I have had better results from supermarket garlic than I have from the expensive varieties.

**Bramble_killer** · 25-09-2010, 12:40 PM

Garlic from Wilko's and the onion sets as well. If they haven't survived the winter then it won't have cost too much

**Keith2202** · 26-09-2010, 10:15 AM

Originally posted by Caro View Post

A quick squizz at what I can find makes me think I want a hardneck garlic, preferably with fewer, plump cloves.

looking at the catalogues, the easy to spot varieties are:

garlic - early purple wight, albigensian wight, lautrec wight

Of those garlics, only Lautrec is a hardneck. Pretty good though.

Early Purple did very well for me. It has loads of cloves but they were plump.

**Newbie** · 26-09-2010, 04:20 PM

I swear by Radar onion sets too, as for garlic, i bought a couple of giant bulbs three years ago from D.T Browns i think and have been saving cloves and replanting them for the last three years. This autumns plantings will be fourth generation and they're ace.

**cupcake** · 26-09-2010, 04:49 PM

My onion sets have been a real let down this year. The garlic however has been great! I got them from the local nursery and planted them in october. This year I am going to the Beverley food fair next sunday as they have a specialist garlic stall. Recommended by the chap on the local gardening prog. I am contemplating growing my onions from seed to see if I get better results.

**Two_Sheds** · 26-09-2010, 07:24 PM

Toby has just recommended Troy onions on Gardener's World

**lbt** · 26-09-2010, 07:32 PM

Troy was tested by Which? and proved to be the best brown onion. They also tested red onions, and the best red onions were Electric.

I have just bought both so fingers crossed. I grew Electric last year and was very pleased with the results of a spring planting.

**northepaul** · 26-09-2010, 07:43 PM

I am not growing autumn planting onion sets this year, cos I wasnt impressed with them - lovely big onions, but only kept for a couple of weeks.
I got some garlic from the garlic farm last year, and from them I am using my own this year.

**Caro** · 27-09-2010, 04:03 PM

Everyone, thanks for your replies. I've ordered some sets/bulbs and am looking forward to getting them in the ground. It will force me to tidy up the raised beds anyway

**lainey lou** · 27-09-2010, 07:02 PM

i really like Senshyu, Have grown them for the last 2 or 3 years. They always seem to produce nice plump onions, they taste really good and they store well for several months.
Have just planted 80 of them that I bought for �1.50 at the garden show at shepton mallet.

**binley100** · 27-09-2010, 09:17 PM

Wilkos for garlic. Haven't a clue what they are but they did really well for us last time so I'm going with them again.

**Wren** · 27-09-2010, 11:25 PM

I had fantastic size onions with the Troy verity! a massive crop an they were huge and tasted gorgeous, but the keeping time was only a couple o months, so get them chopped and in the freezer . Garlic Marco has been a nother big winner for me, huge bulbs , very garlicky, and i am on the 3rd year o using my home grown bulbs so have not had to buy any more to re sow since the first crop. Excellent keepers too.
Wren

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