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Three in a pot!

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  • InTheMoorlandsInTheMoorlands Posts: 161
    Dovefromabove said:
    I would … after all, what’ve you got to lose? 

    How much sun do they get there? Is there a sunnier spot you could move them to?

    Last year, about this time, we planted garlic and had a bumper crop, so I just wondered.

    It's quite sunny where they are, it's just that we don't get much sun at this time of year.

    I'll give them to the end of March.
    At about 750 feet on the western edge of The Pennines.  Clay soil.  
  • WaterbutWaterbut Posts: 344
    Where did you buy the bulbs from?
  • ObelixxObelixx Posts: 30,090
    Give them at least a couple of weeks and see what happens if/when the weather warms up.  Move them to a sunnier spot if you can.
    Vendée - 20kms from Atlantic coast.
    "The price good men (and women) pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men (and women)."
    Plato
  • didywdidyw Posts: 3,573
    Had the small of garlic cooking as I read this thread as my husband has started dinner.  It's lovely so my advice - persevere!  They'll grow when they are ready.
    Gardening in East Suffolk on dry sandy soil.
  • InTheMoorlandsInTheMoorlands Posts: 161
    Waterbut said:
    Where did you buy the bulbs from?

    Lidl's finest - I know I shouldn't but last year's very good crop was from Lidl so I though that i would try it again.

    I had a similar problem last year with my potatoes.  It was a cold spring and they looked like they wouldn't grow but when they did they were massive and we had the best crop ever.  I had to lash them to the greenhouse:

    I finding this veg. growing a bit hit and miss - i retired as a Chartered Accountant two years ago when I started growing veg. - I'm used to things being a bit more orderly and predictable :)
    At about 750 feet on the western edge of The Pennines.  Clay soil.  
  • WaterbutWaterbut Posts: 344
    Sorry I should have added if you buy garlic bulbs from a supermarket for cooking they come from warmer climates and not recommended for growing in a U.K. climate. I buy Isle of Wight garlic with great success.
  • InTheMoorlandsInTheMoorlands Posts: 161
    Waterbut said:
    Sorry I should have added if you buy garlic bulbs from a supermarket for cooking they come from warmer climates and not recommended for growing in a U.K. climate. I buy Isle of Wight garlic with great success.
    I appreciate this but it was a spur of the moment decision.  We plan on buying garlic and planting around October this year.

    Having said that, we planted Lidl garlic around March last year and it was a long cold spring and they came up OK.

    Thanks for pointing me to Isle of Wight garlic.  It looks interesting.



    At about 750 feet on the western edge of The Pennines.  Clay soil.  
  • InTheMoorlandsInTheMoorlands Posts: 161
    Waterbut said:
    Sorry I should have added if you buy garlic bulbs from a supermarket for cooking they come from warmer climates and not recommended for growing in a U.K. climate. I buy Isle of Wight garlic with great success.

    More on this.  The garlic is now dead.  We put it in to catch the cold spell (read that this was good for them) and if it's designed for warmer climates then this is probably what killed it.  OH has just told me that the garlic bulbs we used 'didn't look up to much'! 

    Last year we put the Lidl garlic in about now and we got a reasonable crop, presumably because the weather was kinder. 

    Tried Isle of Wight garlic but they were all sold out, so I''ve ordered 2 Garlic White from Amazon.  Arriving tomorrow.

    It makes me realize what a good gardener was father was - almost everything he touched grew. 

    At about 750 feet on the western edge of The Pennines.  Clay soil.  
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