Well I'm not sure whether I have hard or soft as I made a rookie error back in October and disposed of the packaging and forgot to write the variety down in my journal. However I've taken a photo to show, I think I should lift?
I'm in a similar quandary; garlic starting to yellow, but on the elephant garlic, no separate cloves have developed; I thought that this was down to the mild winter, but will look at all those useful garlic websites later and learn more about it
Garlic doesn't show it's bulbs like onions, I have got hard and soft neck I planted in Dec. Both are starting to yellow. The hard neck will have a very rigid stem, I have tried in the past to plait these and it's nigh on impossible. I usually harvest end of June, I'll pull one and check it then if it is ok I'll lift the others and leave out for a few hours then bring in, use a soft brush to get the dirt off and store in a cool cupboard.
The ones I planted at home in raised beds are a bit behind the ones I put in the allotment clay soiled beds so I'll be keen to see how they faired against each other.
I live in the West Midlands and have recently taken on the role of finding speakers for our local gardening club. We are around the South Staffs, West Midlands, N Worcestershire borders. Can anyone out there recommend speakers from this area? (No personal details, just the name and subject should do it).
Mine aren't supposed to be showing their bulbs either, I think its a combo of birds pulling them up in early planting and heavy rain washing the soil away a bit. however they have developed well from what i can gather at present. I've concluded these are of the soft neck variety.
Oops! sorry about first quote, don't know where that came from - well, yes from quote saved but can't recall saving it, not that it isn't a good question can't help there.
moving on - the garlic link from dovefromabove was extremely useful. thank you dove.
I'm never quite sure with garlic either. Problem is I always get impatient as I generally want to plant something else in its place! I reckon about a third of the leaves on each plant are yellowed now and there's distinct leaning going on. I scratched around to look at a few bulbs yesterday and they look ok but I'm hoping a few more weeks may lead to bigger bulbs?
Posts
Hello Clarington, another site with comprehensive descriptions of the various garlic varieties - http://www.gourmetgarlicgardens.com/overview.htm
Well I'm not sure whether I have hard or soft as I made a rookie error back in October and disposed of the packaging and forgot to write the variety down in my journal. However I've taken a photo to show, I think I should lift?
I'm in a similar quandary; garlic starting to yellow, but on the elephant garlic, no separate cloves have developed; I thought that this was down to the mild winter, but will look at all those useful garlic websites later and learn more about it
Garlic doesn't show it's bulbs like onions, I have got hard and soft neck I planted in Dec. Both are starting to yellow. The hard neck will have a very rigid stem, I have tried in the past to plait these and it's nigh on impossible. I usually harvest end of June, I'll pull one and check it then if it is ok I'll lift the others and leave out for a few hours then bring in, use a soft brush to get the dirt off and store in a cool cupboard.
The ones I planted at home in raised beds are a bit behind the ones I put in the allotment clay soiled beds so I'll be keen to see how they faired against each other.
Thank you, an excellent link about garlic.
Hi Vjwuk,
Mine aren't supposed to be showing their bulbs either, I think its a combo of birds pulling them up in early planting and heavy rain washing the soil away a bit. however they have developed well from what i can gather at present. I've concluded these are of the soft neck variety.
Oops!
sorry about first quote, don't know where that came from - well, yes from quote saved but can't recall saving it, not that it isn't a good question
can't help there.
moving on - the garlic link from dovefromabove was extremely useful.
thank you dove.
I'm never quite sure with garlic either. Problem is I always get impatient as I generally want to plant something else in its place! I reckon about a third of the leaves on each plant are yellowed now and there's distinct leaning going on. I scratched around to look at a few bulbs yesterday and they look ok but I'm hoping a few more weeks may lead to bigger bulbs?
Me too - the garlic patch is ear-marked for some purple sprouting broccoli that needs moving on ....
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.
hah, yes raab for me! i've got beets, broad beans and garlic that all need to make way for leeks, cabbages, brussel sprouts and raab...
dove, are you leaving your garlic in for a bit longer? when do you stop watering?