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    Strange garlic bulb, first time grower

    Hi.

    I planted some garlic which has been overwintering since October last year and today I've let curiosity get the better or me and I've pulled a bulb to see what was going on under ground.
    Pictured is the resul. Now I know they aren't ready until summer once the leavea have yellowed so I'm hoping there is nothing to worry about iits just when I planted them they looked like regular garlic bulbs and now it looks more like a spring onion but with the smell of garlic.
    Does it look like this simply because I've pulled it far too early? It resembles nothing like garlic now to me.

    Thanks.
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    Looks fine to me. If you look a a clove of garlic that is sprouting you will see that it is only the middle of the clove that is growing. If you leave them until the leaves yellow you should have some heads. Keep the soil round them loose to allow them to swell and they don't do that for quite a long time. The stems will thicken first and then about early June they will start to swell.
    Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet

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    • #3
      Look in tip top shape to me, as Roitolet says, June is when you dig up the treasure

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      • #4
        Yay!
        Thought I'd done something wrong as it's all a huge learning curve for me. Thanks for the reassurance and roll on June!

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        • #5
          Last year I grew garlic with spring onions & Brussels sprouts. Never grew them before,I pulled up that in your photo,thinking it was a huge spring onion (it did smell garlic like but I put that down to being planted amongst garlic) nice in a cheese sandwich tho,makes me laugh now I know it was garlic!!
          Location : Essex

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          • #6
            Yeah, what they said. It looks exactly as it should. They really don't swell until the last minute.

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            • #7
              Originally posted by roitelet View Post
              Looks fine to me. If you look a a clove of garlic that is sprouting you will see that it is only the middle of the clove that is growing. If you leave them until the leaves yellow you should have some heads. Keep the soil round them loose to allow them to swell and they don't do that for quite a long time. The stems will thicken first and then about early June they will start to swell.
              Should you hoe around them?
              No matter:the allotment is lovely, the tadpoles have legs, my sea kale has germinated and I am glad to be home.

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              • #8
                Originally posted by kris1960 View Post
                Should you hoe around them?
                No, just loosen the soil carefully with a small hand fork.
                Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet

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                • #9
                  Will do, thank you- does that go for onions and shallots too?
                  No matter:the allotment is lovely, the tadpoles have legs, my sea kale has germinated and I am glad to be home.

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                  • #10
                    I grew them for the first time last year and they were all monobulbs (no cloves) with a very strong taste. Can they take two years to grow please?

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Bluebottle83 View Post
                      I grew them for the first time last year and they were all monobulbs (no cloves) with a very strong taste. Can they take two years to grow please?
                      Yes that can happen if they don't have a long enough growing period, let the "monobulbs" dry as normal & then re-plant the whole thing on the shortest day, harvest longest day the following year & you will have very nice sized heads

                      There is a short thread on here, I will have a dig around see if I can find it for you
                      He who smiles in the face of adversity,has already decided who to blame

                      Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity

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                      • #12
                        garlic needs the cold to form the individual cloves they get planted out around early nov and sit all winter then they grow through spring and summer pull out the scape so it focuses on swelling the bulb

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                        • #13
                          As promised ........ http://www.growfruitandveg.co.uk/gra...nds_80471.html
                          He who smiles in the face of adversity,has already decided who to blame

                          Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity

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