Hi , I live in wilts too , have onion and garlic out 10 days or so , weather not been giving any problem. The sun is warmer now when it does show its self that is . Reckon you should be ok.
Hi Dells, My Garlic was planted in October as they like a period of cold weather (no problem with that this year) and are well on the way, my main problem is rust on the leaves, this is my third season and have had the same problem for the prievous two years, it doesnt seem to do the bulb any harm as they come out nice and fat and store very well
I tried that but it happened again I know this will only be my third season, the thing is My leeks this year didn't suffer? as they did in my first season, some of the other gardeners say try not to get the leaves to wet when watering?? a bit difficult with all the rain we had last year. The garlic came from good stock and were not cheap, the thing is this years crop that I planted in late October the cultivated stock are very poor where my own garlic off last years crop are romping away. (same varity)
I grew two garlic varieties last year, one was my own stock, the other cultivated, both got rust but the home grown garlic seemed to ward it off longer. The harvested bulbs were only small but they've kept well.
This years garlic, planted in October hadn't even rooted or shown any shoots by February, so as a back up in January, against all good advise, I bought two huge bulbs from a local nursery in their fruit and veg shop. The roots were forced indoors and they went out in the GH, possibly the end of Feb, and to catch the frost they went out into the veg bed beginning of this month. They've survived all the recent frost we've had and are looking like true survivors. In fact they look like the best garlic I've ever planted but there's at least another 4-5 months before harvest...fingers crossed...
I live just north of Nottingham and have put last of my Onion sets in today. I always push them into the soil to protect them from frosts and have sown Mid March for years. I only grow for the table and have never had a bad crop yet in 40 years of doing this.
I am not so confident about putting in my early spuds yet, but thats another topic.
My brother is complaining the frost may of done his sets in, they have gone mushy on the outside, even though they are in 3-4 foot high beds, with cover, bolton area.
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Hi , I live in wilts too , have onion and garlic out 10 days or so , weather not been giving any problem. The sun is warmer now when it does show its self that is . Reckon you should be ok.
Hi Dells, My Garlic was planted in October as they like a period of cold weather (no problem with that this year) and are well on the way, my main problem is rust on the leaves, this is my third season and have had the same problem for the prievous two years, it doesnt seem to do the bulb any harm as they come out nice and fat and store very well
Started my garlic in modules in the greenhouse during february, they are well away outside now and looking very healthy.
Waiting a while before putting in my red & white onion sets here in Devon
I had problems with rust last year, so planted garlic in a different spot this time.
I tried that but it happened again I know this will only be my third season, the thing is My leeks this year didn't suffer? as they did in my first season, some of the other gardeners say try not to get the leaves to wet when watering?? a bit difficult with all the rain we had last year. The garlic came from good stock and were not cheap, the thing is this years crop that I planted in late October the cultivated stock are very poor where my own garlic off last years crop are romping away. (same varity)
I grew two garlic varieties last year, one was my own stock, the other cultivated, both got rust but the home grown garlic seemed to ward it off longer. The harvested bulbs were only small but they've kept well.
This years garlic, planted in October hadn't even rooted or shown any shoots by February, so as a back up in January, against all good advise, I bought two huge bulbs from a local nursery in their fruit and veg shop. The roots were forced indoors and they went out in the GH, possibly the end of Feb, and to catch the frost they went out into the veg bed beginning of this month. They've survived all the recent frost we've had and are looking like true survivors. In fact they look like the best garlic I've ever planted but there's at least another 4-5 months before harvest...fingers crossed...
I live just north of Nottingham and have put last of my Onion sets in today. I always push them into the soil to protect them from frosts and have sown Mid March for years. I only grow for the table and have never had a bad crop yet in 40 years of doing this.
I am not so confident about putting in my early spuds yet, but thats another topic.
My brother is complaining the frost may of done his sets in, they have gone mushy on the outside, even though they are in 3-4 foot high beds, with cover, bolton area.
What do you think?.