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Post by Dr Bill on Mar 9, 2012 17:55:31 GMT
Well is it? I live in the East Midlands. What's your opinions?
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Post by Rosefriend on Mar 9, 2012 18:05:43 GMT
I did it two years ago in Spring and did get a harvest - small but still lovely...
My neighbour plants her garlic in Spring and then leaves it 2 years to harvest...she gets some very good bulbs...I can't wait that long...
Perhaps you can plant some and harvest half and leave the rest until next year - I bet you get some wonderful bulbs..
Hope someone with more experience posts - I am a novice when it comes to veg...
RF
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Post by Jilly on Mar 9, 2012 18:19:37 GMT
I'm sure you can Dr Bill, I always plant mine in Autumn, but I'm on the South Coast.
I think there are some varieties that are especially for Spring planting.
Jillyx
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Post by isabella on Mar 9, 2012 19:00:58 GMT
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Post by Amber on Mar 10, 2012 8:14:51 GMT
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Post by carolann on Mar 10, 2012 8:58:58 GMT
I have planted in Spring but left it in the ground for another year as the bulbs where very small but you wont loose anything so give it a go.
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Post by Dr Bill on Mar 10, 2012 13:07:11 GMT
Done it!
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Post by Rosefriend on Mar 10, 2012 17:15:24 GMT
Haha - well done you...please keep us up to date as to how they develop DrBill !!
Rf
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Post by pdblake on Mar 12, 2012 10:31:02 GMT
I always do mine in September, but I'm sure all the books say you can plant in spring too.
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Post by bigolob on May 14, 2012 18:01:35 GMT
Don`t know if it is too late to plant it Biill, but I always wondered if an `Acute Gout Met-Phalangeal joint` would benefit from a compress of it??! I never tried it on a patient but I still wondered.
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Post by Barbara on Jun 24, 2012 14:12:41 GMT
We planted in spring and it's not right, it is a solid, and not in cloves.
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Post by Tig on Jun 24, 2012 16:03:20 GMT
To get the bulb to split into cloves it needs to get a good hard frosting, so probably it hasn't been that cold for any length of time since you planted them Barbara. But they will still taste nice once they've been dried a bit  x Tig |
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Post by Dutchy on Jun 24, 2012 16:40:07 GMT
But those solid cloves are still tasty and good, the bigger ones do make a good roast on the BBQ. And there is a Belgian firm that sells those as smoked garlic so why not try and do what ever you fancy? Deep fried garlic stripes hmmmm or panfried slivers of garlic
In general the frost helps them split into many cloves instead of one big solid one.
Good on you for going for them anyhow and it will be interesting to see what happens when you leave some in for next year.
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Post by Barbara on Jun 24, 2012 17:08:12 GMT
Thanks both, I didn't know I could leave them in 'till next year,  I will take some out to use and leave some in then. |
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Post by Tig on Jun 24, 2012 17:44:43 GMT
Don't leave any in that have signs of rust Barbara, any red spots on the leaves, they will end up rotting in the ground
x Tig
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Post by Barbara on Jun 25, 2012 7:25:30 GMT
Thanks Tig.
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I will take some out to use and leave some in then.