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    Fridging Garlic in toilet rolls ?

    Hello folks

    I planted 15 cloves of garlic in toilets rolls a couple of weeks ago. I put them outside in the hope that they would get the cold spell needed to ensure bulb formation ( gosh I sound like I know what i'm talking about, be assured I don't lol ).

    The things is I have just planted another 15 cloves and read somewhere on here that putting them in the fridge for a fortnight would help decieve them that they'd been planted in the winter. My question is at what point do I put them in the fridge, when they have sprouted or as soon as I plant them ? not sure whether they need light to germinate

    Thanks in advance for your thoughts xxx the sites great
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    Well, I think ideally they need about a month of cold weather but I have no idea if putting them in the fridge works. If you want to try it, I would put them in the fridge for a bit then plant out. They'll need more space than loo rolls though - or are you planning on putting them in the ground later
    Personally, if you've already stuck 15 in the ground I think you should leave them to get on with it. I planted some in Feb, season before last and they did ok. Not as big as the autumn planted ones but they were a decent size and had split into cloves.
    Last edited by Shadylane; 15-02-2011, 01:20 PM.

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      Hi Shadylane, sorry I've not explained myself very well. I planted the first lot in toilet rolls too. I'm still digging the new allotment, then I have to erect the raised beds and it won't be ready for planting until mid march so thought I would try to get a head start. The toilet rolls will be planted out then.

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      • #4
        No need to chill after planting them; just pop a whole bulb of garlic in the salad box of a fridge for 3 or 4 weeks and then break into cloves and plant up.

        Alternatively, some people give them a very short time in the freezer.
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        • #5
          Originally posted by teakdesk View Post
          No need to chill after planting them; just pop a whole bulb of garlic in the salad box of a fridge for 3 or 4 weeks and then break into cloves and plant up.

          Alternatively, some people give them a very short time in the freezer.
          Yep.. thats what i did, but i then planted the cloves in a container filled with old (steamed serilised) compost in the colder greenhouse just before we had all that frost and snow last November/December. They seem all to have taken well and are about 2 inch high now. Will plant half out and leave the rest insitu to compare growth and quality.


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          • #6
            Originally posted by smilingshoe View Post
            Hi Shadylane, sorry I've not explained myself very well. I planted the first lot in toilet rolls too. I'm still digging the new allotment, then I have to erect the raised beds and it won't be ready for planting until mid march so thought I would try to get a head start. The toilet rolls will be planted out then.
            Ah right, got y. They'll have some nice root growth by then I expect.

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            • #7
              Thanks to everyone, especially teakdesk, I could have taken up half the fridge for no benefit what so ever x

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