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Georgie
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Why has my garlic done this?
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July 02, 2006, 20:51:05 »
I've been growing garlic successfully in pots for a few years now. So why has one of them done this this year? As you can see, it's affected the size of the 'bulb'. >:( G x
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deboydoyd
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Bit of digging - it'll be fine
Re: Why has my garlic done this?
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July 02, 2006, 20:58:38 »
Not sure but a couple of ours did it as well??
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Georgie
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Enfield, North London
Re: Why has my garlic done this?
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July 02, 2006, 21:12:34 »
Irritating isn't it? It's not even as if the bulblets are big enough to be worth planting in the autumn. :(
G x
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Robert_Brenchley
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Re: Why has my garlic done this?
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July 02, 2006, 21:14:36 »
Never heard of that but it's interesting to see. Maybe some sort of damage to the stem started it?
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amphibian
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Re: Why has my garlic done this?
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July 02, 2006, 21:31:58 »
Some varieties are more prone to this than others, it is quite normal.
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Georgie
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Enfield, North London
Re: Why has my garlic done this?
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July 02, 2006, 21:35:27 »
This is Thermidrome. It's never done it before.
G x
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amphibian
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Re: Why has my garlic done this?
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July 02, 2006, 21:37:09 »
Quote from: Georgie on July 02, 2006, 21:35:27
This is Thermidrome. It's never done it before.
G x
None of my Thermidone have done this.
There is a bit about it
here
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Georgie
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Enfield, North London
Re: Why has my garlic done this?
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July 02, 2006, 21:40:54 »
Oh thanks, that's interesting. :)
G x
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supersprout
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mulch mad!
Re: Why has my garlic done this?
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July 02, 2006, 21:47:11 »
You got a spare pot for garlic greens? Sounds very good!
Some purple garlic bought from the Continental Market has these bulbils right above the bulbs. They still considered them good enough to sell :)
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Georgie
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Re: Why has my garlic done this?
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July 02, 2006, 21:50:08 »
Looks like I was worrying about nothing eh?
G x
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supersprout
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Re: Why has my garlic done this?
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July 02, 2006, 21:56:37 »
Oo I don't know, you don't want crop failure and it did look wierd
Was that garlic your entire crop?
Have you got enough to plait? ;)
(ducks)
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Georgie
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Enfield, North London
Re: Why has my garlic done this?
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July 02, 2006, 21:58:08 »
ROFL!
G x
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Rosyred
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Re: Why has my garlic done this?
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July 03, 2006, 10:30:42 »
One of mine did it so I saved them to plant and see what happens
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tim
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Just like the old days!
Re: Why has my garlic done this?
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July 03, 2006, 10:35:24 »
That's a bigger bulb than any of mine!!
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Georgie
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Enfield, North London
Re: Why has my garlic done this?
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July 03, 2006, 10:53:58 »
Well Tim, I wasn't intending to harvest for a couple more weeks but this particular plant had flopped over so I thought I'd better get it out.
G x
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moonbells
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Growing up
Re: Why has my garlic done this?
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July 03, 2006, 11:39:20 »
I think I posted about having this happen to me last year.
ah yes,
http://www.allotments4all.co.uk/joomla/component/option,com_smf/Itemid,28//topic,11566.msg106072.html
They were Thermidrome too!
moonbells
ps For anyone was growing hardneck garlic: you cut the tiny flower scapes off to bulk up the main bulbs.
If you leave the scapes in a cool place, they suck up all the food from the stems and grow tiny bulbils anyway - and you can separate them and use as tiny cloves! I got 100g of them that way, and peeled them off and froze them as a bag of instant garlic!
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Re: Why has my garlic done this?
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July 03, 2006, 19:05:57 »
had that myself on garlic a year or two ago. Bizarre.
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Georgie
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Enfield, North London
Re: Why has my garlic done this?
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July 03, 2006, 19:56:02 »
I pulled off the four little bulblets today, planted 3 in a 5" pot for 'garlic chives' and ate the fourth raw. My was it strong - but so yummy. ;D
G x
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Robert_Brenchley
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Re: Why has my garlic done this?
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July 03, 2006, 21:10:24 »
Now I've got as far as peeling the dirty outer layers from my Albigensian Wight, several bulbs have done the same thing. I forgot the camera today, but I'll try to get a pic before I attempt to plait it.
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Georgie
Hectare
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Enfield, North London
Re: Why has my garlic done this?
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July 03, 2006, 21:29:37 »
Eeek it must be catching! ;) ;D
G x
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