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garlic
Bf206
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I usually autumn-sow garlic, although this harvest was badly affected by onion fly / maggots.
I thought this / next year I'd try planting cloves in modules rather than directly into the soil. That way I can treat the bed with nematodes and hopefully by spring there won't be any maggots left.
What are people's experience though with module-sown garlic? thank you!
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Grew my late-autumn planted garlic in patio tubs last year and it was very successful.
As long as the modules are deep enough to get some decent root development, I think it's a viable option.
Unless the modules are deep one's plant in pot's, as Chris say's, these need to be deep enough to allow the garlic to develop a good root system without getting pot bound before planting out.
I started garlic off for this year both in pots and in the ground. The one's in the ground did do better but the bulbs started in pots were still a good size to save.