Autumn planting garlic

[Tripmeup]

I always plant mine from mid to late October...
Always had good results..
Interesting to see results of earlier planting...

[Jimny14]

For no other reason other than I had them in the shed ready to plant and I managed to find a spare half hour I planted mine Wednesday. Not sure what the risks wo ld be of planting too early.
My thinking is they put on some growth in autumn, go dormant when it gets too cold then start again in spring. If they're fully Hardy then only the fiercest of winters should be a problem even if the plants are quite big when they slow down for winter.

[Scarlet]

I always plant mine from mid to late October...
Always had good results..
Interesting to see results of earlier planting...

Me too - as a general rule of thumb I would plant in the October half term school holidays.

[Snadger]

I suppose it will depend on whether we have a mild winter or not for garlic. If it has a lt of top growth going into winter it could be susceptible to frosts or build up of snow snapping the foliage.


Just have to hope for no snow or frosts!

[monkeyboy]

Just a heads up folks - The garlic farm have an offer of 10% off your FIRST order ( maybe get the neighbour to do it ) + free uk mainland delivery. Valid until 30th Nov 18. Order must be �40 or more ( club in with friends?)
Quote GROW2018

Thanks. Just ordered some autumn planting bulbs. I might stagger them a month apart for my SFG.

[Jay-ell]

I suppose it will depend on whether we have a mild winter or not for garlic. If it has a lt of top growth going into winter it could be susceptible to frosts or build up of snow snapping the foliage.


Just have to hope for no snow or frosts!

Or you can put a little tent over it if you're really worried. Or I suppose mulch with straw but then you couldn't make mini-yurts if you done that.