How long does it take a bulb to dry out in on a window sill - does it go all papery like the shop bought ones, as I am having to nip off a thickish skin on each clove!Am really happy with my garlic harvest this year (solent wight and purple) so want to ensure it is stored correctly.Thanks for any advice.
Really interesting to see everyones comments a bit of a mixed bag I planted garlic (elephant & solet wight) in the autumn and have lifted most of the crop and have had a fair result small but very strong garlic bulbs from the solent wight but the elephant garlic no trace!!
I managed to plait my garlic afterall! It's about 1 metre long - I feel so proud of myself. The garlic wasn't drying out very well so I split the leaves to help them to dry out. It didn't seem to affect the finished product. It's hanging up in my cottage now and looks great! Rust - apparently there is no solution to rust. I did try feeding with comfrey tea but think it was too late.
So glad to here i wasnt the only one with a disastrous spring crop. I am looking at plantingsolent white for the first time in large pots on my flat roof (very Sheltered). Would anyone have any tips please? Many thanks.
So glad to here i wasnt the only one with a disastrous spring crop. I am looking at plantingsolent white for the first time in large pots on my flat roof (very Sheltered) .Would anyone have any tips please? Many thanks.
I've picked my garlic several months ago, did I pick them to early. The leaves or stems seem to of going brown, so I picked them and dried them in my shed. I still have them in there. Are they still egible and how long can you keep them for. Or did I pick them to early? First time garlic grower. Help!
I've had a lovely weekend staying with friends and at the Harrogate show we came away with lots of new ideas for next year one of which is a packet of garlic chive seeds of which I've never seen before so I will give a go and they were free so I've nothing to loose. I also got carrot seeds because I've had carrots come up all over our garden this year and we didn't plant them so maybe we'll have a good crop we can always hope.We went from Harrogate to our caravan at Hunstanton Norfolk and we haven't seen a drop of rain that must be a record 5 days no rain but I have had a message from my daughter back home saying the gardens a bog again she could do with some waders to get to the greenhouse well we can hope for a late summer can't we or just a dry spell would do me. Maybe they should bring out a seed catalouge for bog conditions.
I put in my very first crop of garlic (Solent Purple) a bit late last year in a south-facing bed. Up they ALL came this Spring and flourished despite the wind and salt gales (my name gives away my location). I treated them like all bulbs and left them until the green tops withered, turned brown and fell over. Then I lifted a beautiful crop of large bulbs made up of plump cloves. Because the tops had died back I trimmed them to about 6-8 inches and then tried to plait them straight away. The result was most impressive! I hung the two yard-long plaits to dry in the workshop but have been using the garlic since I first lifted it. I agree with sentiments expressed earlier. Nothing to beat FRESH garlic!! Two bulbs were put into the veggie drawer of the fridge until they started to sprout, then they were broken up and the cloves planted. They now have 6" stems and I've put them one to a large pot in a mix of 50-50 well rotted horse manure and potting soil. I want BIG garlic next year!
Hi All, Have been trying all sorts of tips n tricks over the past 3 years for good garlic and remembered a trick for late planting of garlic. they need a constant cold temperature for 30 days to be able to plit so just pop them in the fridge for same period and your more likely to have good garlic and not "singles"(one round garlic) which can be used or replanted the next year.
I have had the same problem, the elephant garlic has been rubbish and some just never produced anything just rotted in the ground. I have started to pull up some of the autunm cropped, but have been told to chop the stalks down to around 10cms and leave in the ground as this will help increase the flavour of the cloves, I think I will try a few to see if it works. Has anyone else ever done this and had a good result.
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Two bulbs were put into the veggie drawer of the fridge until they started to sprout, then they were broken up and the cloves planted. They now have 6" stems and I've put them one to a large pot in a mix of 50-50 well rotted horse manure and potting soil. I want BIG garlic next year!
Have been trying all sorts of tips n tricks over the past 3 years for good garlic and remembered a trick for late planting of garlic.
they need a constant cold temperature for 30 days to be able to plit so just pop them in the fridge for same period and your more likely to have good garlic and not "singles"(one round garlic) which can be used or replanted the next year.