Hi nicola ,silly question ,did you plant them upside down ,I have my plot in drogheda and planted mine on a very cold and wet day in early november they are about 9" at the moment .
This year's garlic seems to have failed totally. Planted some of the cloves from last year's crop but they seem to have rotted. None has come up. You think that after 4 months they should have made an appearance.
Swedboy. My garlic planted in October has done nothing but rotted and gone mouldy. I started a new batch indoors, January time, forced the roots and after a spell in the GH planted 12 cloves out yesterday with the rest following next weekend. With a bit of luck,hopefully the bulbs will split.
The garlic I planted in the autumn has also rotted off.
I planted some hard neck bulbs just after Christmas and they are doing well, my final batch, of soft necked garlic is due to be planted in the next couple of weeks.
Until I purchased some garlic bulbs from the Isle of Wight Garlic Farm a couple of years ago I had no idea there were different types which needed slightly different treatment. I have put some in pots and some in open ground in case we have too much of the wet stuff. They are all growing about the same as each other, am going to plant half and half again, open ground and pots.
Is it ok to tub plant them in a glass out house which gets very cold during winter and bring them out in spring? Do they need to be in a shady or sunny position? I live in the SE of England.
Plant them in the garden in the late autumn, They are hardy - Mine have survived this winter with out any cover. they do not really need much TLC, water and feeding in spring really
mole2 my autumn planted garlic is now going to seed was this caused by the warm march and cold april is there anything i can do to retrieve the situation
this reply is too late to be of help but for future reference there are different varieties of garlic and all hardnecks send up a scape which has an umbel with bulbils inside. Garlic doesn't produce true seed without a lot of intervention but that's a whole separate discussion in itself - just search "true garlic seed" for more on this fascinating topic. As for the scape, there are are two schools of thought whether to cut them or not - they are delicious to eat if cut before they unfurl and are still tender; and you get marginally bigger bulbs. However, many growers prefer to leave them to develop as they are a good indication of when to harvest (when the scapes straighten) & store for longer. So no you didn't do anything wrong, it's normal for garlic to send up a scape.
Yes alankingwell, I bought a couple of Garlic bulbs from the Supermarket and broke them down to the cloves. Then I put them in a bowl with about an inch of water. The next morning most of them had a little green tip and I planted them with the green tip at the top. They are coming along nicely after 3 months.
yes this can happen. First time I tried only very small bulbs. This time better than last time because it was a summer batch. Need to water frequently, need to use nutrient in the water to boost output. I wouldn't go as far to use hormones or anything like that (haven't tried this). What is interesting is the cloves is different from the flower which can also be planted. One is asexual other is heterogeneous. I think that is what I read maybe mistaken?
Also, where entire bulb is one clove is called elephant garlic.
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Hi nicola ,silly question ,did you plant them upside down ,I have my plot in drogheda and planted mine on a very cold and wet day in early november they are about 9" at the moment .
Derek
Swedboy. My garlic planted in October has done nothing but rotted and gone mouldy. I started a new batch indoors, January time, forced the roots and after a spell in the GH planted 12 cloves out yesterday with the rest following next weekend. With a bit of luck,hopefully the bulbs will split.
The garlic I planted in the autumn has also rotted off.
I planted some hard neck bulbs just after Christmas and they are doing well, my final batch, of soft necked garlic is due to be planted in the next couple of weeks.
Until I purchased some garlic bulbs from the Isle of Wight Garlic Farm a couple of years ago I had no idea there were different types which needed slightly different treatment. I have put some in pots and some in open ground in case we have too much of the wet stuff. They are all growing about the same as each other, am going to plant half and half again, open ground and pots.
Is it ok to tub plant them in a glass out house which gets very cold during winter and bring them out in spring? Do they need to be in a shady or sunny position? I live in the SE of England.
Plant them in the garden in the late autumn, They are hardy - Mine have survived this winter with out any cover. they do not really need much TLC, water and feeding in spring really
this reply is too late to be of help but for future reference there are different varieties of garlic and all hardnecks send up a scape which has an umbel with bulbils inside. Garlic doesn't produce true seed without a lot of intervention but that's a whole separate discussion in itself - just search "true garlic seed" for more on this fascinating topic. As for the scape, there are are two schools of thought whether to cut them or not - they are delicious to eat if cut before they unfurl and are still tender; and you get marginally bigger bulbs. However, many growers prefer to leave them to develop as they are a good indication of when to harvest (when the scapes straighten) & store for longer. So no you didn't do anything wrong, it's normal for garlic to send up a scape.
yes this can happen. First time I tried only very small bulbs. This time better than last time because it was a summer batch. Need to water frequently, need to use nutrient in the water to boost output. I wouldn't go as far to use hormones or anything like that (haven't tried this). What is interesting is the cloves is different from the flower which can also be planted. One is asexual other is heterogeneous. I think that is what I read maybe mistaken?
Also, where entire bulb is one clove is called elephant garlic.