I plant Garlic in September for harvest the next year. I soak the bulbs for a few days (roots should sprout rapidly) then place directly into their planting spot. Frost cause the bulbs to split. No reason for them not to be planted now.
Chives (from bulbs/roots) can also be planted out now. Mine are coming up now (raised south facing bed).
Hi LucyL. When I was starting off with my allotment I purchased the RHS Good Fruit and Veg Guide book from a discount bookshop for £3. Best move I could have made and I do recommend that you try to find a good gardening book to help you along.
Once you know the basics, gardening is basically common sense. If it is too cold for you, it will be too cold for young plants and seeds. Follow the instructions on the packets and if there is an allotment close by, pop up and talk to the gardeners. Most of them will be pleased to give out advice.
Thanks Scoot, Blairs, and Mel M. I planted my garlic yesterday trying a batch inside atm as ground is too solid in my raised bed to get them in so will do a batch outside when i can get into the soil, Will be interesting to see what or if there will be any differences in them. Milder today and snow disapearing fast so hoping for tomorrow to be able to plant the outside batch of garlic then.
I was given a book at christmas which i am finding very useful (can't remember the name of it just now) but it covers everything, not in as much detail as i would like at times but it is certainly one of my most refered to books, it covers pots to raised beds, herbs to vegetables, identifying common pests and how to deal with them, mostly working on small gardens which is ideal as mine is very small, so gives you plenty of ideas on how to maximise the space you have etc.
Is there any books that you find very useful?
Really looking forward to being able to grow my carrots and other veggies
There's a place in Nairn you can get geographically-appropriate seed garlic bulbs. The delivery charge I thought was pricey .Some varieties are better planted now than at the end of the year (solent white, perhaps) but I'm not sure how they'll do in IV postcode. 'Music' is a variety recommended for northern UK.
Plant them in ridges in North Britain, they don't do well sitting in water and will often rot in poorly-drained soil. Mine come out better when grown under glass but I grow the grocery ones (usually an Iberian variety if named) which shouldn't do well here. The winters are never the problem, they need a bit of good quality light and heat in the spring and summer to thrive else they give up the ghost.
The poundland red onion sets didn't swell very much here but they weren't in full sunafter 14:00 hours. They've stored well though. I've had far better onions from seed but I don't grow them often, a 5kg sack is cheap as chips, leaving the garden for more nutrient-dense crops.
Thanks Logan and Frank, I will check out the youtube channel as well to see what/how i can improve
I planted out my garlic yesterday, as it had grown soo fast in the seed success kit they were just about to touch to top, can't believe how fast they grew (23/24 have grown) giving the little no.24 a wee while longer in the success kit thing - as it was a far smaller clove. I have just used shop bought ones (not knowing that there were varieties of garlic - but now i think about it makes sense variety of everything else!) so i will see how these get on, I havn't grown in ridges, (wish i'd seen you'r post earlier, but can maybe adjust them tonight.
If they don't work out i will look into the 'music' variety and see if they do any better.
My Raised bed is quite deep, so i'm hoping its not liable to getting waterlogged
Thanks for the heads up about the poundland onion sets, I'm not expecting great things from them but just wanted to try my hand at growing from seed and sets.
I'm lucky on my house position as i get sunshine all day (BUT this is when/if we do get sunshine!)
The ground is far to cold for carrots, you cant transplant them from trays.
Wonder why everyone is in such a rush, can see some disasters coming soon.
Especially started in heated propergators, they will grow even quicker in those, so even longer to try to keep warm indoors before planting out in May.
Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor.
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I plant Garlic in September for harvest the next year. I soak the bulbs for a few days (roots should sprout rapidly) then place directly into their planting spot. Frost cause the bulbs to split. No reason for them not to be planted now.
Chives (from bulbs/roots) can also be planted out now. Mine are coming up now (raised south facing bed).
Hi LucyL. When I was starting off with my allotment I purchased the RHS Good Fruit and Veg Guide book from a discount bookshop for £3. Best move I could have made and I do recommend that you try to find a good gardening book to help you along.
Once you know the basics, gardening is basically common sense. If it is too cold for you, it will be too cold for young plants and seeds. Follow the instructions on the packets and if there is an allotment close by, pop up and talk to the gardeners. Most of them will be pleased to give out advice.
Thanks Scoot, Blairs, and Mel M. I planted my garlic yesterday trying a batch inside atm as ground is too solid in my raised bed to get them in so will do a batch outside when i can get into the soil, Will be interesting to see what or if there will be any differences in them. Milder today and snow disapearing fast so hoping for tomorrow to be able to plant the outside batch of garlic then.
I was given a book at christmas which i am finding very useful (can't remember the name of it just now) but it covers everything, not in as much detail as i would like at times but it is certainly one of my most refered to books, it covers pots to raised beds, herbs to vegetables, identifying common pests and how to deal with them, mostly working on small gardens which is ideal as mine is very small, so gives you plenty of ideas on how to maximise the space you have etc.
Is there any books that you find very useful?
Really looking forward to being able to grow my carrots and other veggies
There's a place in Nairn you can get geographically-appropriate seed garlic bulbs. The delivery charge I thought was pricey .Some varieties are better planted now than at the end of the year (solent white, perhaps) but I'm not sure how they'll do in IV postcode. 'Music' is a variety recommended for northern UK.
Plant them in ridges in North Britain, they don't do well sitting in water and will often rot in poorly-drained soil. Mine come out better when grown under glass but I grow the grocery ones (usually an Iberian variety if named) which shouldn't do well here. The winters are never the problem, they need a bit of good quality light and heat in the spring and summer to thrive else they give up the ghost.
The poundland red onion sets didn't swell very much here but they weren't in full sunafter 14:00 hours. They've stored well though. I've had far better onions from seed but I don't grow them often, a 5kg sack is cheap as chips, leaving the garden for more nutrient-dense crops.
Thanks Logan and Frank, I will check out the youtube channel as well to see what/how i can improve
I planted out my garlic yesterday, as it had grown soo fast in the seed success kit they were just about to touch to top, can't believe how fast they grew (23/24 have grown) giving the little no.24 a wee while longer in the success kit thing - as it was a far smaller clove. I have just used shop bought ones (not knowing that there were varieties of garlic - but now i think about it makes sense variety of everything else!) so i will see how these get on, I havn't grown in ridges, (wish i'd seen you'r post earlier, but can maybe adjust them tonight.
If they don't work out i will look into the 'music' variety and see if they do any better.
My Raised bed is quite deep, so i'm hoping its not liable to getting waterlogged
Thanks for the heads up about the poundland onion sets, I'm not expecting great things from them but just wanted to try my hand at growing from seed and sets.
I'm lucky on my house position as i get sunshine all day (BUT this is when/if we do get sunshine!)
The ground is far to cold for carrots, you cant transplant them from trays.
Wonder why everyone is in such a rush, can see some disasters coming soon.
Especially started in heated propergators, they will grow even quicker in those, so even longer to try to keep warm indoors before planting out in May.