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    Garlic question

    The received wisdom appears to be that garlic requires sub-zero temoeratures to split.
    The garlic bulbs I've just bought from Tesco come from Spain.
    Are these from a very rare area of Spain that actually has sub-zero temperatures or is the received wisdom wrong ?
    Your thoughts please.
    Sent from my pc cos I don't have an i-phone.
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  • #2
    Hi Rockerton, yes the garlic does need frosty temps to split but parts of Northern Spain get cold winters as well.

    And when your back stops aching,
    And your hands begin to harden.
    You will find yourself a partner,
    In the glory of the garden.

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    • #3
      i tried growing some garlic from asda that was from spain this year and the bulbs were rubbish ive seen bigger spring onions the proper stuff i grew gave me a few decent bulbs trying some new verieties this year too

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      • #4
        If you want top quality garlic you would be better to get it from a garden centre or order it from the garlic farm, that way you won't be disappointed.
        Good luck anyway.

        And when your back stops aching,
        And your hands begin to harden.
        You will find yourself a partner,
        In the glory of the garden.

        Rudyard Kipling.sigpic

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        • #5
          I read somewhere in order to split, garlic needs 20 consecutive days at 10 degrees C or less
          Location ... Nottingham

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          • #6
            like the tesco garlic from spain to its shape and size. gonna give a try along with the asda gaint hardneck garlics.

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            • #7
              I'm sure the thing about needing a long period of deep cold to split isn't necessarily the case, although very happy to be corrected. A few years ago I planted cloves of 'Arno' garlic, bought from one of the garden centres, in spring. I lifted them at the end of September and although they weren't huge they had split into cloves perfectly well. I remember because I entered them in the VVS that year.
              Last edited by WilliamD; 03-10-2015, 07:39 PM.
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              • #8
                I heard somewhere at some point
                that you should separate the cloves from the bulb and then put into the fridge for a few days to a week. I bought mine from a local market but we do not get cold day well not really so mine have been sitting in the fridge for the last couple of days. I have no idea if it will help, it is my first year of properly trying to grow garlic.
                Last year i pushed in a few cloves and thanks to BB info, i got a few rounds back. I ended up eating most before realising that these would have been good to plant this year.
                I grow 70% for us and 30% for the snails, then the neighbours eats them

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