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Garlic

Baggies2Baggies2 Posts: 31
in Fruit & veg
What could be the reason for very small garlic bulbs this year? Planted as usual in Sept.

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  • Shauna2021Shauna2021 Posts: 53
    I would be interested too. I had a mixture of perfectly reasonable and tiny bulbs (my first year growing it).
  • diggersjodiggersjo Posts: 172
    Ours were small last year which I'm sure was due to them being too close together. This years crop (x52) were planted Nov22 and are 90% a very decent size - grown in Yorkshire...
    Yorkshire, ex Italy and North East coast. Growing too old for it!
  • Forester_PeteForester_Pete Posts: 175
    Mine were very small too, but perfectly formed. I put it down to nearly two months with no useful rain in the spring.
  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Forester_Pete said:
    Mine were very small too, but perfectly formed. I put it down to nearly two months with no useful rain in the spring.
    I’ve not grown any this year (family stuff) but my instinct is that @Forester_Pete has hit the nail on the head … lack of rain when the bulbs should’ve been swelling. 

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • diggersjodiggersjo Posts: 172
    edited July 2023
    That would tie in as we watered ours during the dry spells...
    Yorkshire, ex Italy and North East coast. Growing too old for it!
  • Shauna2021Shauna2021 Posts: 53
    Yes, i was possibly quite sporadic wirh my watering! Thank you!
  • Baggies2Baggies2 Posts: 31
    Thanks for all your comments they all make perfect sense.
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