I have started my garlic off in little jiffy pots and placed half in the coldframe and the remainder in a cold greenhouse. I am hoping this will give them a boost as I also garden with clay soil - the thick grey clay.
If you have too much garlic, you can also plant the whole bulbs and then just use the green shoots as you would garlic chives. Otherise, as everyone has alread said, you do have to separate the bulb into cloves. I hope that makes sense!
Elephant garlic - actually more of a leek than a true garlic - is wierd, yes, not one of my favourites, but it can be raised from cloves just like you would proper garlic......yes, I don't really like it - suppose it is the flavour and warmth and excitement of proper garlic I like, and elephant garlic just doesn't hit any of the right buttons!
I have tried garlic but for some reason I only seem to get one 'bulb' ie small onion, as in one clove not a whole head of garlic - i have tried one lot autumn planted which was slightly larger and one lot spring but only small one. Garden is clay but i have raised beds with good draining soil. I plant individual cloves not the whole head. Anyone got any ideas why this could be?
I've planted garlic for the first time this year, although I did get it in a bit late (January). I'm growing it in a large pot and they were looking fine, but over the last few days I have noticed yellowing (which I put down to water-logging from the heavy rain?) but they seem to be going from yellow to a more crispy brown! is it too much water? I'm using a multi-purpose compost mixed with a small amount of sand to aid drainage.
I planted Garlic in November, first time I have done it so followed an ancient gardening book's instructions. Some were planted in soil (chalky) and some in compost in a tub. I've noticed that some of the stems are turning brown, about one stem on each plant. Is that a sign they are ready or some other problem and if they aren't ready when will they be, how do I tell the book doesn't tell me that.
I have a walnut tree, about 20ft tall grown from a walnut my friend gave me from her tree, it gives loads of nuts but last year I noticed the leaves have reddish blisters, is this fatal the nuts were fine any ideas what to do or shall I leave it?.
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