Garlic

[SarzWix]

I planted 4 different varieties and 2 of them are showing decent sized shoots, the other 2 aren't showing anything at all yet. They're outside. The overwintering onions that I planted in the tunnel are mostly showing shoots now too

[SeleneMourie]

Well it has been two weeks since the elephant garlic went in pots and it is a few inches tall all ready. The ones out side are still going slowly and are 1-2 inch high.

I hope that is good and not bad!

I was also watching a video on T&M about garlic and it said if dried well then i will last 3-4 months stored in a cool light place. For some reason i thought it stored for a lot longer than that... I have over 50 garlic gloves in pots and another 10 - 15 outside.... There are only three of us to feed!

[Tripmeup]

My garlic is now all starting to show... Definitely slower than last year, but then every year is different they say...

[Hazel at the Hill]

I was also watching a video on T&M about garlic and it said if dried well then i will last 3-4 months stored in a cool light place. For some reason i thought it stored for a lot longer than that... I have over 50 garlic gloves in pots and another 10 - 15 outside.... There are only three of us to feed!

I lift mine in about July, keep them in the garage, and they generally don't do soft/sprouty until about March. They are certainly ok a the mo.

[SeleneMourie]

I lift mine in about July, keep them in the garage, and they generally don't do soft/sprouty until about March. They are certainly ok a the mo.

Thank fluff for that!!!! 56 elephant garlic bulbs to eat in 3 months seemed a bit daunting!

[veg man]

Planted mine in december they are about 3" tall now doing well i think

[BarleySugar]

As an experiment I sorted my cloves of garlic into large and small. The large ones are 2-3 inches tall, most of the smaller ones haven't shown up yet.

[hollychap]

i got mine in earler this year , last years at this stage were a lot further on growth wise

[kathyd]

I only planted a few, I was hoping to do more in the spring... would I be better planting them early (any time now for example??), maybe in pots in the tunnel? Or leaving them until the weather improves and hoping for the best?

[bramble]

Planted mine in big buckets. 4 to a bucket. they went in in November and are now a few inches tall. I have them in the greenhouse until the worst of the wet weather passes as I don't want them to rot.

[redser]

I only planted a few, I was hoping to do more in the spring... would I be better planting them early (any time now for example??), maybe in pots in the tunnel? Or leaving them until the weather improves and hoping for the best?

I've certainly heard of people starting them off in modules and pots for transplanting outside later. Sounds like a good idea, they should have a nice root system already when they get into the warming soil.

[binley100]

I've garlic, elephant garlic and overwintering onions outside and they're all on the up.........come March they'll have to be covered for a couple of months tho' to try and keep out the leaf miner .....

[hamsterhead]

Weather permitting I'm hoping to shove mine in this weekend. If the snow does arrive I shall just have to cosy up in the greenhouse and start them off in pots along with the onions.

[horticultural_hobbit]

Have a couple of rows, that have survived the deluge. Possibly a few more dotted around. Looked nice and sentry like.

[gojiberry]

Garlic planted in spring will often not split into cloves as it needs quite a few days of very cold weather. Not 100% certain but I think about 30 days. Don't plant to close together as rust can be a problem.

Ian